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1921 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Moon-Bog" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in or before March 1921. The story was first published in the
The_Moon-Bog
Fictional creature and deity
by the epithets The Unspeakable One, The King in Yellow, He Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is a deity of the Cthulhu
Hastur
Fictional cosmic entity
created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. The character was introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales
Cthulhu
American literary canon
(1936) The Art of Fusion, Melting Pudling & Casting (1899) Chemistry, 4 volumes (1899) A Good Anaesthetic (1899) The Railroad Review (1901) The Moon (1903)
H._P._Lovecraft_bibliography
Fictional character
A shoggoth (occasionally shaggoth) is a fictional creature in the Cthulhu Mythos. The beings were mentioned in passing in H. P. Lovecraft's sonnet cycle
Shoggoth
Fictional Lovecraftian god
Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's
Nyarlathotep
Fictional textbook of magic in stories by H. P. Lovecraft
The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook
Necronomicon
Shared fictional universe based on the work of H. P. Lovecraft
The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August
Cthulhu_Mythos
Subgenre of horror
released in 1996, based on the Cthulhu Mythos. Magic: The Gathering expansions such as Battle for Zendikar (2015), Eldritch Moon (2016), and Shadows over
Lovecraftian_horror
Novella by H. P. Lovecraft
slavers, who take him to the moon and deliver him to horrible moon-beasts, the servants of malevolent god Nyarlathotep. The cats of Ulthar, Carter's allies
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath
Fictional race in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
perspective. One of the moons of Yuggoth holds designs that are sacred to the Mi-Go; these are useful in various processes mentioned in the Necronomicon. It
Mi-Go
Fictional lost city in "The Call of Cthulhu"
mentioned in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in Weird Tales in February 1928. R'lyeh is a sunken city in the South Pacific
R'lyeh
Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos
in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos and the ruler
Azathoth
Novella by H. P. Lovecraft
forbidden city" on the Plateau of Leng. Yian also may refer to the fictional city of Yian, in the "weird" short story "The Maker of Moons" (1896) by Robert
The_Whisperer_in_Darkness
Fictional character
story "The Hounds of Tindalos", first published in the March 1929 issue of Weird Tales. Lovecraft mentions the creatures in his short story "The Whisperer
Hounds_of_Tindalos
Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos
(1987) [1964]. "The Moon-Lens". Cold Print (1st ed.). New York: Tom Doherty Associates. ISBN 0-8125-1660-5. Harms, Daniel (1998). "Byatis". The Encyclopedia
Shub-Niggurath
1927 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales. It has been adapted for television anthology
Pickman's_Model
1928 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
The Moon Pool (1918) which Lovecraft "frequently rhapsodied about". Joshi says that "Merritt's mention of a 'moon-door' that, when tilted, leads the characters
The_Call_of_Cthulhu
1934 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
it and the 1986 Gordon film. The story, along with "Herbert West, Reanimator", was adapted into the 2022 web series The Resonator for Full Moon Features
From_Beyond_(short_story)
1923 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in August–September 1923, it was first published in Weird Tales,
The_Rats_in_the_Walls
Literary philosophy
Cosmicism is a name given to the literary philosophy that H. P. Lovecraft developed and used for his fiction. The name is commonly stated to have been
Cosmicism
Fictional city in H.P. Lovecraft's works
the Mountains of Madness (1936) and The Shadow Out of Time (1936). Walter Gilman, of "The Dreams in the Witch House" (1933), attends classes at the university
Arkham
Lovecraftian creature
The Deep Ones are creatures in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. The beings first appeared in Lovecraft's novella The Shadow over Innsmouth (1931)
Deep_One
1936 novella by H. P. Lovecraft
hieroglyphic murals that the Elder Things first came to Earth shortly after the Moon took form and built their cities with the help of "shoggoths"—biological
At_the_Mountains_of_Madness
Fictional extraterrestrial in the Cthulhu Mythos
The Elder Things (also known as the Old Ones and Elder Ones) are fictional extraterrestrials in the Cthulhu Mythos. The beings first appeared in H. P
Elder_Thing
Short story series by H. P. Lovecraft
subterranean region underneath the Dreamlands inhabited by various monsters; the Moon, accessible via a ship and inhabited by toad-like "moon-beasts" allied with
Dream_Cycle
1928 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. In the desolate, decrepit Massachusetts village of Dunwich, Wilbur Whateley is the hideous son of
The_Dunwich_Horror
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos. Although the story depicts a sinister cult, this cult
The_Horror_at_Red_Hook
1936 novella by H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published
The_Shadow_Out_of_Time
Novella by H. P. Lovecraft
The Mound is a horror/science fiction novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written by him as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after
The_Mound_(novella)
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
visions of the creature, "especially when the moon is gibbous and waning", he describes his fears for the future of humanity: I cannot think of the deep sea
Dagon_(short_story)
1908 short story by H.P. Lovecraft
"The Alchemist" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November
The_Alchemist_(short_story)
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
dreams. The first body paragraph of the poem was written "while he was still half-asleep". The poem, which stands as the first appearance of the titular
Nyarlathotep_(short_story)
List of fictional creatures
perspective. One of the moons of Yuggoth holds designs that are sacred to the Mi-Go; these are useful in various processes mentioned in the Necronomicon. It
Cthulhu_Mythos_species
South Korean politician
Moon Jeong-bog (Korean: 문정복; Hanja: 文貞福; born 10 January 1967) is a South Korean politician currently representing Siheung at the National Assembly. Moon
Moon_Jeong-bog
American businesswoman, amateur publisher, milliner, and one-time writer
emigrated to the United States, leaving Sonia and her brother in Liverpool at the Baron Maurice de Hirsch School. Sonia joined her mother in the United States
Sonia_Greene
Moon-Bog The Other Gods Hypnos The Lurking Fear The Unnamable The Shunned House The Horror at Red Hook In the Vault The Strange High House in the Mist The
The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories
The_Dreams_in_the_Witch_House_and_Other_Weird_Stories
1927 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" (most likely after a line from either
The_Colour_Out_of_Space
1929 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
in the January 1929 issue of Weird Tales. It is a continuation of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", and was followed by a sequel, "Through the Gates
The_Silver_Key
2008 collection of stories by H. P. Lovecraft
Air" "The Shunned House" "The Silver Key" "The Dunwich Horror" "The Whisperer in Darkness" "The Strange High House in the Mist" "The Dreams in the Witch
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition
Necronomicon:_The_Best_Weird_Tales_of_H._P._Lovecraft:_Commemorative_Edition
1936 horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft
Stuart Gordon's 2001 film Dagon. Full Moon Entertainment was going to release Gordon's original adaptation (under the original novella's title) in 1991,
The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth
1941 horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward
consciousnesses. It is also said that he guides the souls of the dead into his realm of utter darkness. Hydra (Thousand-Faced Moon) was created by Henry Kuttner for
List of Cthulhu Mythos deities
List_of_Cthulhu_Mythos_deities
1921 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first story set in the Cthulhu Mythos world. In the story, the protagonist
The_Nameless_City
Fictional character
recurring fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character first appears in "The Statement of Randolph Carter", a short story Lovecraft wrote
Randolph_Carter
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"What the Moon Brings" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on June 5, 1922. This story was first published in the National
What_the_Moon_Brings
1920s unpublished book by C. M. Eddy Jr.
synopsis of the book, as well as a single chapter titled "The Genesis of Superstition", was published in the 1966 as part of the book The Dark Brotherhood
The_Cancer_of_Superstition
1917 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Tomb" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells
The_Tomb_(short_story)
1922 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow. It is part of the body of work which later came to be known as Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. The title refers
Celephaïs
Horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December
The_Haunter_of_the_Dark
Fictional Language
Aklo is the name of a fictional language that has been used by many authors from its first reference in 1899. In the stories the language features in,
Aklo
Real and fictitious locations in New England related to H. P. Lovecraft's fiction
include "The Festival", "The Colour out of Space", "The Strange High House in the Mist", "The Dreams in the Witch House", and "The Thing on the Doorstep"
Lovecraft_Country
1933 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Dreams in the Witch House" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft and part of the Cthulhu Mythos cycle. It was written in January/February
The_Dreams_in_the_Witch_House
1933 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933
The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep
The Clock of Dreams. This entity is introduced in Abraham Merritt's fantasy novel "The Moon Pool" (1918) and its sequel "The Conquest of the Moon Pool"
List_of_Great_Old_Ones
Essay by H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft, surveying the development and achievements of horror fiction as the field stood in the 1920s and 30s. The essay was researched and written
Supernatural Horror in Literature
Supernatural_Horror_in_Literature
1922 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first
The_Hound
1920 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an
The_Cats_of_Ulthar
1925 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
waterfronts equally forgotten, and in the Cyclopean modern towers and pinnacles that rise blackly Babylonian under waning moons, I had found instead only a sense
He_(short_story)
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces (1959). With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in
Old_Bugs
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
ship which appears when the moon is full. Elton walks across the water on a bridge of moonbeams, joins the bearded man on the ship, and together they
The_White_Ship_(story)
1924 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" (called "Under the Pyramids" in draft form, also published as "Entombed with the Pharaohs") is a short story written by
Under_the_Pyramids
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"In the Vault" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 18, 1925, and first published in the November 1925
In_the_Vault
1933 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
years old, "but still very keen of mind and memory". After many draughts of moon-wine, he reveals an important piece of information that helps Carter in his
The_Other_Gods
1927 story fragment by H. P. Lovecraft
Williams acquires a copy of the Necronomicon, the book of the dead that captures the minds of so many intrigued by the dark arts. When Williams asks
The_Descendant_(short_story)
Fictional character
Tsathoggua (the Sleeper of N'kai, also known as Zhothaqquah) is a supernatural entity in the Cthulhu Mythos shared fictional universe. He is the creation
Tsathoggua
1905 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Beast in the Cave" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. The first draft was written in the Spring of 1904, with the
The_Beast_in_the_Cave
1923 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
the narrator knew that the stranger would become his friend-–"the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before." In the eyes of the stranger
Hypnos_(short_story)
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
height." The opening paragraphs echo those of Poe's "Berenice", while the horror at the party recalls the unmasking scene in "The Masque of the Red Death"
The_Outsider_(short_story)
1922 horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft
adapted into the 2022 web series The Resonator for Full Moon Features. Straub, Peter (2005). Lovecraft: Tales. The Library of America. pp. 823, 828.
Herbert_West–Reanimator
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel
"The Tree on the Hill" is a short story written by horror author H. P. Lovecraft and his correspondent Duane W. Rimel. It was written in 1934 and published
The_Tree_on_the_Hill
1935 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921, and was first published in the
The_Quest_of_Iranon
1924 horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16–19, 1924. It was first published in the October
The_Shunned_House
1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
by the American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1926 and published in the March 1928 issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery. The narrator
Cool_Air
1934 short story by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price
"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" is a short story co-written by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price between October 1932 and April
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
Through_the_Gates_of_the_Silver_Key
1927 story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Very Old Folk" is the name given by publishers to a story found in the letter sent to Donald Wandrei by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft
The_Very_Old_Folk
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication
Beyond_the_Wall_of_Sleep
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Horror in the Museum" is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Somerville, Massachusetts, writer Hazel Heald in October 1932, published
The_Horror_in_the_Museum
1923 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
Beyond the Wall of Sleep in 1943. The corrected text appears in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (revised ed. 1986). The story's locale was inspired by the Charter
The_Unnamable_(short_story)
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
bottom. The night after the discovery of the abyss the narrator and one of the mine's workers, a Mexican called Juan Romero, venture together inside the mine
The_Transition_of_Juan_Romero
1920 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
was the ancient grey-stone city of Ib, inhabited by a queer race who had descended from the Moon. Lovecraft described them as "in hue as green as the lake
The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath
1935 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
island. The story is told from the point of view of the curator of the Cabot Museum in Boston. The story is presented as a letter left by the late Richard
Out_of_the_Aeons
1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue
The Strange High House in the Mist
The_Strange_High_House_in_the_Mist
Novel fragment written by H.P. Lovecraft
fragment in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. It is the first piece of fiction to mention the fictional being Azathoth, one of the major
Azathoth_(short_story)
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft (c. 1920)
short comic story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft under the pseudonym "Percy Simple". As a comedy it is a curiosity of his early writing
Sweet_Ermengarde
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
characters: "the Genie that haunts the moonbeams" and "the Daemon of the Valley". The Genie inquires of the Daemon who it was that long ago placed the stones
Memory_(H._P._Lovecraft)
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
include the film The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter. "The Statement of Randolph Carter" is the first person testimony of the titular character
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The_Statement_of_Randolph_Carter
1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
first published in the December 1920 issue of the Wolverine amateur journal. The story traces the history of the titular street in a New England city from
The_Street_(short_story)
1923 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. The story was inspired
The_Festival_(short_story)
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
Antoine de Russy. The narrator asks if he could spend the night in the house. The old man agrees, and begins to tell him the tale of the place. He explains
Medusa's_Coil
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene
The captain who captured the creature tours the coast and profits from the corpse of the deceased creature. Some months later, the vessel with the creature
The_Horror_at_Martin's_Beach
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
"The Curse of Yig" is a 1929 short story co-written by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop that introduces Yig, "The Father of Serpents". In 1889, a couple
The_Curse_of_Yig
Sonnets by H. P. Lovecraft
world with richly flowering continents rather than, as in the story, Yuggoth's occulted moon. This is a good instance of how Lovecraft gave himself license
Fungi_from_Yuggoth
Collection of essays by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
and the Stars is a collection of seventeen essays written by H. P. Lovecraft, assembled and edited by L. Sprague de Camp, who came across them in the course
To_Quebec_and_the_Stars
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft, R. H. Barlow
The story consists of two parts. The first describes the events that took place on Earth from a few thousand years to a few million years after the present
Till_A'_the_Seas
1925 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Temple" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales #24 in September 1925. The story
The Temple (Lovecraft short story)
The_Temple_(Lovecraft_short_story)
1922 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Lurking Fear" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through
The_Lurking_Fear
American writer (1909–1971)
gems of comic drawing." The first novel in the series, The Moon Tenders, does, in fact, involve a rafting adventure down the Wisconsin River, which led
August_Derleth
1920 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher. It is the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first
Polaris_(short_story)
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft (c. 1920)
first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips. An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia suggests that the theme of "Ex Oblivione"—that
Ex_Oblivione
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish
Plenty; Moon
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : variant of Towne.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Slave; Myth Name; Letters
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Munn, Mann, or possibly Moon.German : probably a variant of Mann.Catalan : from the Marian name Mare de Déu del Món, from Girona province. This name is very common in northern Catalonia.Asturian-Leonese or Aragonese : habitational name from Mon in Asturies, or from El Mon in Uesca, Aragón.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.
Girl/Female
Australian, Irish
From Doon
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mocháin (see Mohan).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Moyon in La Manche, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Modius (from Latin modus ‘measure’) + the locative suffix -o (genitive -onis).English : nickname from Anglo-Norman French moun ‘monk’ (see Monk).Cornish : nickname for a slender person, from Cornish mon ‘thin’.Korean : variant of Mun.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sword blade
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : metronymic from the medieval personal name Mag(ge), a reduced form of Margaret (see Margeson); but in some cases a patronymic from the Old English personal name Mocca.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant spelling of Noone.English, Scottish, and Dutch : from Middle English none, Middle Dutch noene ‘noon’, the time of brightest sunshine, hence perhaps nickname for a bright and cheerful person or for someone born at that time of day. The word is derived from Latin nona (hora) ‘ninth (hour)’, i.e. about three o’clock. The change in meaning of the vocabulary word from mid-afternoon to midday, probably occurred as a result of monastic meal times being brought forward.
Girl/Female
Tamil
The Moon
Girl/Female
Biblical
House of the dwelling-place.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained. Compare Moad, Mode.
Surname or Lastname
English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh
English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh : variant spelling of Moore.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Kashmiri
Moon
Girl/Female
Hindu
The Moon
Surname or Lastname
English or Dutch
English or Dutch : variant of Boone.
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
THE MOON-BOG
a.
Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.
a.
Of or pertaining to the moon.
n.
Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.
v. t.
To expose to the rays of the moon.
n.
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
a.
Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
a.
Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
n.
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.
v. i.
To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
n.
The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
n.
The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.
n.
Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.
v. i.
To take rest and refreshment at noon.
adv.
Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
n.
Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
n.
A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
n.
A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.
n.
A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.