Definitions
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- noun The
reflection ofmoonlight on a body ofwater .
Etymologies
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moon + wake
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Moonglade or moonwake is surely the word to use for real.
Word Fugitives 2006
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Moonglade or moonwake is surely the word to use for real.
Word Fugitives 2006
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He wrote, Mariners sometimes call the moving path of light leading to the moon the moonwake, because it looks like the white wash of
Word Fugitives 2006
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He wrote, Mariners sometimes call the moving path of light leading to the moon the moonwake, because it looks like the white wash of
Word Fugitives 2006
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Like the moonwake over the waters; and whiles they were scant and wan,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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