MONTERO. A military cap and hood formerly worn in camp.
MONTHLY ALLOWANCE. A sum paid monthly to warrant and petty officers not allowed to draw bills; and to seamen, marines, and boys serving on board. Wages are now paid regularly.
MONTHLY NOTES. See [Allotment].
MOON. Our satellite; she performs her revolution in 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes. (See [Full Moon] and [New Moon].) A hazy or pale colour of the moon, revealing the state of our atmosphere, is supposed to forebode rain, and a red or copper colour to forebode wind.
MOON-BLINK. A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is technically designated nyctalopia.
MOON-CULMINATORS. Certain stars near the same parallel of declination as the moon, and not differing greatly from her in right ascension, given in the Ephemeris as proper objects for comparison with her, to determine the longitudes of places.
MOONEY. Not quite intoxicated, but unfitted for duty.
MOON IN DISTANCE. When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation.
MOONISH. Variable, as with Shakspeare's Rosalind.
MOON-RAKERS. Sails above the skysails. They are usually designated moon-sails.