moonglade

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A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water when it is rising from the sea, you know.

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  1. The track of moonlight on water. [U. S.] Moonglade: a beautiful word for the track of moonlight on the water. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int.

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  • Here's the discussion about the ring on Thottbot: on moonglade they sell it for 90 bid and 160 buyout i buy it cuz i ganna ask a girl in rl with this ring ^. ^ (burninger) couple things wrong with proposing with this ring ... —  Laurel Papworth -Social Networks
  • A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water when it is rising from the sea, you know. —  Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
  • In the moonglade, which reached from my feet to the far horizon, the waters heaved and curled, most silvery, as if they were alive. —  A Poor Man's House
  • A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water when it is rising from the sea, you know, teacher. —  Anne of Avonlea
  • Heaven was full of silent stars, and there was a moonglade on the water that stretched almost from him to Rose. —  Homespun Tales
 

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