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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley. High noon, the exact meridian; midday. -- Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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