moong us (monggus)

Same as mongoos. moonish (mö'nish), a. [ moonja, moonjah (mön jä), n. [E. Ind., moon-knife (mön'nif), п. A crescent-shaped knife used by leather-workers in shaving off the coarse fleshy parts of skins. It is sharpened on the convex edge. The dyed leather is washed with pure water, dried, [and] grounded with a curious moon - knife . Encyc. Brit., XIV. 389. IMG:content-0934.png:[blocks in formation] moons (mönz), n. Same as moon1 , 6. moon-sail (mön's al or -sl), n . Naut . , a sail set above a skysail. Also called moon - raker .