lunated, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist. Now rare.
(ˈl(j)uːneɪtɪd)
[f. lunate a. + -ed1.]
= lunate a.
| 1673 E. Browne Trav. 82 A sort of Cross, which our Heralds do not dream of, which is a Cross Lunated after this manner. 1706 Phil. Trans. XXV. 2216 The Jugulum or lunated part of the Breast-bone. 1830 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. (ed. 6) 819 The operator..made a lunated incision. 1857 Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 411 The Amazons have the pelta, or lunated shield. 1859 Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 156/2 The sacro-iliac facet..is lunated in shape. |