moonshine (1 jocular nonce-use)
1.
month Lr. I. ii. 5.
2.
“
in the water,” appearance without
substance, something unsubstantial or unreal LLL. V. ii. 209.
3.
“make a sop o' th' of”*, (a) throw
into a pool of water, where he may, so to speak,
float on moonshine, (b) make a ‘mess’
of (with ref. to the 16th-17th cent. dish called
‘eggs in moonshine’) Lr. II. ii. 35.
