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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Morning \Morn"ing\ (m[^o]rn"[i^]ng), noun [OE. morning, morwening. See {Morn}.]
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] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Morning \Morn"ing\, adjective 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 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. --Byron. (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..
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
morning
adjective: in the morning; "the morning hours" [syn: {morning(a)}]
noun
1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: {morn}, {morning time}, {forenoon}]
2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: {good morning}]
3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]
4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: {dawn}]
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