The Collaborative International Dictionary
Morning \Morn"ing\, a. 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.
Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening.
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Satan. See Lucifer.
Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
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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..
Usage examples of "morning watch".
He called one to him in the grey morning watch, when the day was just breaking, and taking his hand, said that while in Nantucket he had chanced to see certain little canoes of dark wood, like the rich war-wood of his native isle.
I heard Stubb tell Flask, one morning watch, that there was something of that sort in the wind.
In the middle of the morning watch on the eleventh day, I sat in my cabin drinking my first pot of coffee and going over the charts.
Ariel did not have normal days or nights -- but since itwas the morning watch, he got served a heaping breakfast.
A couple of techs on morning watch looked up from an open panel as he passed, but he made it back to the Promise without attracting any unwelcome attention.
Twice a day: once before dawn, just after he came on his morning watch, and once after dark, not long after he got off his evening watch.