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noun

Morning n.

1.

The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

2.

The first or early part; as, the morning of life.

3.

The goddess Aurora. (Poetic)

adjective

Morning adj. Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. "She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew."

Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day.

Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts.

Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; a common sign of pregnancy.

Morning star.

(a)

Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening.

(b)

Satan. See Lucifer. "Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far."

(c)

A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain.

Morning watch (Naut.), the watch between four a. m. and eight a. m..

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"Morning" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the night of the murder, was very much as my friend had reconstructed it. Ellenby, reaching the office at his usual time the next morning, had found Hepworth waiting for him. There he had remained in hiding until one morning, with dyed hair and a slight moustache, he ...

— Malvina of Brittany • Jerome K. Jerome

... episodes. He was of Welsh and Irish stock. At an early age he was sent to Germany, where he remained at a Moravian school until he was fifteen. He then returned to England to study law, but he never practiced it. For a number of years he was a regular contributor to the London MORNING POST, and in 1866 he acted as correspondent during the Austro-Italian war. For many years he served as chief reader and literary adviser to Chapman & Hall, the English publishers, and in that capacity he showed an insight that led to the development of many authors whose first ...

— Modern English Books of Power • George Hamlin Fitch

... they would return to his service, and they demanded pressingly that Ali should give up to them the citadel of Kiapha, which was still in his possession, and which commanded Suli. He replied with the information that he intended, January 26, to attack the camp of Pacho Bey early in the morning, and requested their assistance. In order to cause a diversion, they were to descend into the valley of Janina at night, and occupy a position which he pointed out to them, and he gave them the word "flouri" as password ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - ALI PACHA • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

... lady. The one 'arfcrown will keep me comfortably tight until Sunday morning; and more I ...

— An Unsocial Socialist • George Bernard Shaw

... old servant of the Chaworth family, Mary Marsden, told Washington Irving (Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey, 1835, p. 204) that Byron used to call Mary Chaworth "his bright morning star of Annesley." Compare the ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron

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