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semiˈlunary, a. Now rare or Obs.
[Formed as prec.: see -ary.]
= prec. adj.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 13 The Soldania Bay is of a semi-lunary forme. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. xii. §6 Schol., The semilunary Valvulæ. 1678Phil. Trans. XII. 1037 They both made but one continued semilunary Body. 1715Ibid. XXIX. 328 The semilunary Valves in the Mouth of the Aorta. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 111 Semilunary rays darting from gilded clouds, surrounding an achievement motto, In Coelo Salus. |