day-dawn
day-dawn noun: the rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.
Noun
day-dawn (countable and uncountable, plural day-dawns)
- The rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.
- […] Matthew […] affirms that this Day-light or Day-dawn was the End of the Sabbath.1650, Thomas Shepard, Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The Doctrine of the Sabbath, London: John Rothwell, Thesis 54, p. 52
- At day-dawn I looked thro’ the key-hole of my Beloved’s door.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume V, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 247
- Synonyms:
- dawn
Examples of day-dawn in a sentence
- For like a day-dawn she was young and pure,1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XII...
- Before day-dawn, Judge Thatcher and the handful of searchers with him were tracked out, in the cave, by the twine clews they had strung behind them, and informed of the great news.1876, Mark Twain, chapter 32, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford: American Publishing Company, page 250:
Synonyms of day-dawn
Forms of day-dawn
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Questions about day-dawn
- What does day-dawn mean?
- Day-dawn means the rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.
- How do you use day-dawn in a sentence?
- For like a day-dawn she was young and pure,
- What part of speech is day-dawn?
- Day-dawn is a noun.
- What is the plural of day-dawn?
- The plural of day-dawn is day-dawns.
Words near day-dawn in the dictionary
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