Word Meanings - MORN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry. From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton. (more info) OS. morgan, G. morgen, Icel. morginn, morgunn, Sw. morgon, Dan.

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• FIRST
  Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
• MORNE
  Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. "White as morne milk." Chaucer.
• MORGAN
  One of a celebrated breed of American trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud from which the breed originated in Vermont.
• FIRST-CLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended
• MORNING-GLORY
  A climbing plant having handsome, funnel- shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.
• FIRST-RATE
  Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett .
• MORGANATIC
  Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank
• FIRSTLY
  In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
• POETRY
  1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions,
• MILTONIAN
  Miltonic. Lowell.
• FIRSTLING
  1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton. 2. The thing first thought or done. The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.
• MORNINGTIDE
  Morning time.
• MILTONIC
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
• FIRST-HAND
  Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.
• MORNWARD
  Towards the morn. And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.
• FIRSTBORN
  First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
• MORNING
  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. Shak. Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning
• MORN
  The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry. From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton. (more info) OS. morgan, G. morgen, Icel. morginn, morgunn, Sw. morgon, Dan.
• CHIEFLY
  1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where
• CROMORNA
  A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. (more info) G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a
• FATA MORGANA
  A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. (more info) looked upon as the work of a fairy of the
• TOMORN
  To-morrow. Chaucer.
• HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
  With the head foremost.
• HAMILTON PERIOD
  A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
• A-MORNINGS
  In the morning; every morning. And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.