NOON

a. n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

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.

4.
a.

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

5.
v.

To take rest and refreshment at noon.

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