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▪ I. noon, n.|nuːn|
Forms: α. 1 nón, 2–5 non, 4 noen, 3–6 none, 4–7 noone, 3– noon. β. north. and Sc. 4 noun(e, nown, 5 novne, nowne, noyn(e; nun, nvne, 7– nune.
[OE. nón neut. = ON. nón (MSw. and Norw. non) neut., OS. *nôn (noon, nuon), MDu. (and Du.) noen, obs. G. non fem., ad. L. nōna (sc. hōra), fem. sing. of nōnus ninth: cf. none n. and nones. A weak fem. form, more directly representing the L., appears in OS. and OHG. nôna (MLG. and MHG. nône), ON. nóna, MDu. none, noene: cf. also F. none, † nonne.]
†1.
a. The ninth hour of the day, reckoned from sunrise according to the Roman method, or about three o'clock in the afternoon. Obs.
Chiefly as a direct rendering of L. nona (hora), and in later use most frequent in accounts of the Crucifixion.
Beowulf 1600 Ða com non dæᵹes: næs ofᵹeafon hwate Scyldingas. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. v. (Schipper) 204 Þæt hi þy feorðan wicdæᵹe & þy syxtan fæstan to nones. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 140 Sele drincan on þreo tida, on undern, on middæᵹ, on non. c1175Lamb. Hom. 45 Ic ham ȝeue reste..from non on saterdei a þa cume monedeis lihting. c1275Passion our Lord 478 in O.E. Misc. 50 Hit wes welneyh mydday, þo þusternesse com, In alle Middenherde fort þet hit wes non. a1300Cursor M. 988 He was wroght at vndern tide, At middai eue draun of his side,..þai war bath don out at none. 13..Sir Beues 3237 Þe sonne schon, hit drouȝ to vnder,..Middai com, hit drouȝ te noune. 1382Wyclif Mark xv. 33 Derknessis ben maad..til in to the nynthe our, that is, noon. c1420Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 277 Ȝet he was in suffryng..Tyl it was pacyd non.
†b. Eccl. The hour or office of nones. Obs.
c960æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Schröer 1885) 40 Eornostlice on þysum tidum we herien urne scyppend.., on middæᵹ, on non, on æfen. a1000Colloq. ælfric in Wr.-Wülcker 101 We..sungon non, cantauimus nonam. a1225Ancr. R. 20 Siggeð non efter mete þe hwule þet sumer lested. c1300St. Brandan 225 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 225 Þe foweles sunge ek here matyns..& vnderne siþþe & middai & afterwardes none. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 928 Þey shuld nat werche Lengyr þan þey rong none at þe chyrche. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 41 But late lewid freris seie..for prime, tierce, vndren & noon, for eche of hem seuene pater nostris. c1420Anturs of Arth. xvii, Were thritty trentalles done, By-twyxene vndrone and none, My saule were saluede fulle sone. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 10, I haue yete to saye my sexte, none, and myn euensonge. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 164 b, The chirche..entendeth to honour & worshyp at vij tymes in the daye, that is to saye, in matyns,..none, euensonge & complyn. 1561Bp. Parkhurst Injunctions, Whether they..vse muche iangling in festiuall daies in ringing none or curphew.
2. a. Twelve o'clock in the day; mid-day.
The same change in the time denoted by noon, probably due to anticipation of the ecclesiastical office or of a meal-hour, has taken place with Du. noen, and with F. none in older (and still in dialect) use. By the 14th cent. it appears to have been the ordinary sense of the word in English, although in many examples there is no clear indication of the time intended. The common phrases (be)fore noon and after noon have given rise to the ns. forenoon and afternoon. high noon: see high a. 11.
αc1205Lay. 14039 Þa þe non wes icumen, þa weoren Peohtes ouer-cumen..& alle dai heo fluȝen. c1290St. Michael 403 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 311 Þe sonne..is euene a-boue þin heued riȝt atþe nones stounde. c1320Sir Tristr. 890 Bitvene þe none and þe niȝt Last þe batayle. c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §3 From .xi. of the clokke byforn the howre of noon til on of the clok next folwyng. c1410Hoccleve Compl. Virg. 135 O sonne, with thy cleere bemes brighte, Þat seest my child nakid this nones tyde. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. xxi. 835 Euery day..from vnderne tyl hyhe none hys myght encreaced tho thre houres. 1472–3Rolls of Parlt. VI. 23 The houre of xii, comenly called the houre of none, of the seid fourty day. 1529Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 324 Whiche I trust shalbe to morow at nyght or wenesday by none. 1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 332 Fra sex houris in the morning to xi houris at none, and fra ane eftir none to sex houris at evin. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 81 b, Before noone when it waxeth hotte..you must digge it. 1625N. Carpenter Geogr. Del. i. x. (1635) 232 When the one hath his Noone, the other inioyes his midnight. 1656Heylin Surv. France 423 It was full noon before we were under sail. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 615 'Twas Noon; the sultry Dog-star from the Sky Scorch'd Indian Swains. 1710Steele Tatler No. 232 ⁋1 The Noons have been of late pretty warm. 1784Cowper Task vi. 58 Now at noon..The season smiles,..And has the warmth of May. 1812Woodhouse Astron. i. 5 Noon is determined by the Sun being on the meridian. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes i, We come to the heat, bustle, and activity of Noon. 1863Longfellow Wayside Inn, Prel. 23 But noon and night, the panting teams Stop under the great oaks.
fig.1819Shelley Cenci iv. i. 82 She shall stand shelterless in the broad noon Of public scorn. 1839–52Bailey Festus 160 Whose hearts have a look southwards, and are open To the whole noon of nature.
β1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 659 Apon sic maner can thai ficht Quhill it wes neir noyne of the day. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 769 Fasting..fryday fra þe novne til sonday at þe mes be done. c1460Towneley Myst. ix. 81 Or noyn of the day, I dar you hyght, to bryng hym by the hand. c1470Henry Wallace vii. 611 Be ane our nowne at Bothwell ȝeit he was. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 154 It is not lesum to pack, or peill fish, bot fra eleven houres, to twa after nune.
b. transf. The most important hour of the day.
1712Steele Spect. No. 454 ⁋2 The fashionable World, who have made Two a Clock the Noon of the Day. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxv, At the noon of London time you see a light-yellow carriage. 1855― Newcomes vi, It is 5 o'clock, the noon in Pall Mall.
c. The mid-day sun.
1858Sears Athan. vi. 53 The noon is blazing down upon the Syrian plain.
†3. The mid-day meal. (Cf. noonmeat.) Obs.
a1175Cott. Hom. 231 Me..sceolde..ȝiefe him his formemete, þat him to lang ne þuhte to abiden oð se laford to þe none inn come. c1205Lay. 16595 Þa þe þridde dæi com & þat folc hafde imaked non. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 378, I..ouer-seye me at my sopere and some tyme at nones. 1393― P. Pl. C. ix. 290 Let hem abyde..Til alle þyn nedy neihebores haue none ymaked. a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 56 For hys chambre brekefast, none, soupers & lyvery for all nyght vii loves.
4. a. The time of night corresponding to mid-day; midnight. Chiefly in phr. (the) noon of night.
1603B. Jonson Sejanus v. vi, When arrived you? About the noon of night. 1648Herrick Hesper., The Hag iii, While mischiefs,..At noone of Night are a-working. 1697Dryden æneid iv. 744 Hoary simples,..With brazen sickles reap'd at noon of night. 1745Warton Pleas. Melanch. 50 Nor undelightful is the solemn noon Of night. 1796Moser Hermit Caucasus I. 21 At the noon of night their ears were assailed by the..sound of a trumpet. 1820Shelley Witch Atl. xlvii, When the weary moon was in the wane, Or in the noon of interlunar night. 1830Tennyson Poems 123 Night hath climbed her peak of highest noon. 1867J. Ingelow Dreams that came true xliv, For the moon Was shining in, and night was at the noon.
b. The place of the moon at midnight.
1605Drayton Man in the Moone 37 Now the goodly Moone Was in the Full, and at her Nighted Noone. 1632Milton Penseroso 68 To behold the wandring Moon, Riding neer her highest noon. 1638Quarles Elegies xiv. Wks. (Grosart) III. 25 The Queen of light,..in her young Noone of night.
5. The culminating or highest point.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. vii, Thou, thyself out-going in thy noon, Unlook'd on diest. 1624Donne Serm. xliii. 429 But the meridianall noone is in faith. 1671Milton Samson 683 Thou oft Amidst thir highth of noon, Changest thy countenance. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam viii. xxix, In the bright wisdom of youth's breathless noon. 1844Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile 1960 In the set noon of time, shall one from Heaven..Descend before a woman. 1869Martineau Ess. II. 229 Shadows..deaden the colors of the noon of life.
6. a. attrib. and Comb., as noon-beam, noon-bell, noon-dew, noon-height, noon-reek, noon rest, noon-scape, noon-top, etc.; noon-bright, noon-clear, noon-fierce, noon-hot, noon-maned, noon-slight, noon-wandering, noon-wide, noon-wild adjs.; noon-aglow adv.
1919W. De La Mare Flora 33 Her billowing summits heaving *noon-aglow.
1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad 407 The sultry *noon-beam shines the lovers' aid.
13..Sir Beues (A.) 2250 So stod Beues in þat þring, Til *noun belle be-gan to ring.
1858Bonar Hymns Faith & Hope 120 My sky was once *noon-bright.
1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. i. 5 In her *noon-clear sense that she had never loved him she forgot for a moment, [etc.].
1953E. Sitwell Gardeners & Astronomers 9 Holding small stars for seeds And planets of *noon-dew.
1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 190 Leav a breakfast, & *noon-dinner to labourers.
1954W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 42 He would whisper the one word against the *noon-fierce stone under his face.
1869D. G. Rossetti Let. 26 Aug. (1965) II. 720 Every sense..Now labours o'er the stark *noon-height To reach the sunset's desolate disarray.
1940Auden Another Time 37 Every crevice of the *noon-hot landscape.
1946Dylan Thomas Deaths & Entrances 17, I see the togron in tears In the androgynous dark, His striped and *noon maned tribe striding to holocaust.
1468Medulla Gram. in Promp. Parv. 361 note, Anticenia, a *nonemele.
1578Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 444 That sun of thine.. is always at *noon-point with them, ever bright, ever shining.
1922Joyce Ulysses 155 The heavy *noonreek tickled the top of Mr Bloom's gullet.
1538Elyot, Meridiatio, *noone reste. 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xxviii. 615 We found water enough for our noon rest in the hollowed surface of a rock.
1926V. Sackville-West Land 71 Then, with the *noonscape, underneath the hedge..the random reaper drains his pint of ale.
1461Paston Lett. I. 540 Yowr letter was delyveryd to me the xxiii. day of Januar abowthe *none seasson.
a1646J. Gregory Posthuma (1650) 300 Of Oxford the Sign-Regent is Capricorn, the *Noonshadows are Heteroscian. 1807Montgomery West Indies iv. (1810) 63 Where the noon shadow shrinks beneath the sun.
1936L. B. Lyon Bright Feather Fading 16 He loved to shoulder A far cloud or brush the *noon-Slight sickle moon.
1868Whittier Among Hills 11 The locust by the wall Stabs the *noon-silence with his sharp alarm.
1671Milton P.R. ii. 156 Many are in each Region passing fair As the *noon Skie.
1933C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 9 Spirit mating afresh shall discern him On the world's *noon-top purely poised.
1820Shelley Witch Atl. xlvi, A *noon-wandering meteor flung to heaven.
1935― Time to Dance 25 Buoyed, embayed in heaven's *noon-wide reaches.
1936L. B. Lyon Bright Feather Fading 41 Battlement that once glowed *Noon-wild is warier lit.
b. Special combs., as noon-basket U.S., a lunch-basket; † noon-devil (see meridian a. 1 b); noon-flower, a name given to plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, and to the Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis); † noon-hall, ? a dining-hall; noon-halt, a halt made in the middle of the day; noon-hour, U.S. the hour of dinner or rest in the middle of the day; noon-house U.S., a house used for rest and meals at midday; now Hist.; noon-line, the line marking the hour of noon on a sun-dial; noon-mark, a mark which indicates when it is noon; midday; now Hist.; noonshine, joc. form of nuncheon; noon-spell U.S., a rest taken in the middle of the day; noon-sprite (cf. noon-devil above); † noon-tender (see quot. 1684).
1865A. D. Whitney Gayworthys vi. 71 Don't you remember what we used to say at school, when we opened our *noon-baskets?
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 30 b, The Scripture warneth us, to beware of the *noone Devill, & the fliynge Arrowe. 1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iv. ii. 265 At this day the Russians feare and reuerence the noone deuil.
1856Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 95 *Noon Flower.―An immense genus of succulents, mostly shrubby. 1864Prior Plant-n., Noon-flower, or Noon-tide, from its closing at midday, and marking the hour of noon.
1665Pepys Diary 20 Apr., This night I am told the first play is played in White Hall *noon-hall, which is now turned to a house of playing.
1843J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Expedition 15 At our *noon halt, the men were exercised at a target. 1854J. R. Bartlett Pers. Narr. Explor. Texas II. xxxvii. 395 On our return we made a noon halt on the banks of the river. a1918G. Stewart On Frontier I. 115 John Dickery rode ahead from our noon halt to try to kill a sage hen.
1889Charity Organis. Rev. Aug. 341 He asked a few men to call every day at his *noon hour at the place where he worked.
1845S. Judd Margaret i. 110 Several elderly men and women retired to what was called a ‘*Noon House’, a small building..where they ate dinner and had a prayer. 1891A. Earle Sabbath 102 There might have been seen a hundred years ago, by the side of many an old meeting-house in New England, a long, low, mean, stable-like building... This was the ‘noon-house’, or ‘Sabba-day house’... It was a place of refuge in the winter time, at the noon interval between two services.
1596Blagrave Vran. Astrolabe E 3 The *noone-line brought to the sunnes chief Apex. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. vii. iii. 4 The Gnomon..erected upon the Noon-line, or Line of 12 a Clock.
1854B. F. Taylor Jan. & June i. 131 The sun..has reached the *noon-mark on the threshold. 1889R. T. Cooke Steadfast xxv. 275 Goodness! tis most noon-mark and I haven't took a step towardst dinner. 1948Amer. N. & Q. Nov. 121/2, I should like to know whether..the term ‘noon mark’ was once common.
1808Jane Austen Let. 20 June (1952) 195 The Moores came..between one & two o'clock, &..after the *noonshine which succeeded their arrival, a party set off for Buckwell. Ibid. 24 Oct. 228 The tide is just right for our going immediately after noon-shine.
1839C. M. Kirkland New Home xlv. 300 Even the ‘*noon⁓spell’ shines no holiday for the luckless subjects of her domination. 1887J. Kirkland Zury 18 Wait till noon⁓spell, then we'll see! 1889R. T. Cooke Steadfast ii. 30 Its nigh about noonspell now.
1892Child Ballads IV. 440/2 The Wends have the proverbial phrase, to ask as many questions as a *noon-sprite.
1684E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. ii. (ed. 15) 245 Sixteen *noon-tenders, who attend the goods on the keys whilst the other officers go to dinner. 1710J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. 494 Noon-tenders, at 16l. each per Ann.
▪ II. noon, v. U.S.|nuːn|
[f. noon n. Cf. W. Flem. noenen, G. dial. nonen, Norw. dial. nona, nöna.]
intr. (also with it.) To halt or rest at noon, or in the middle of the day; to stop for, or partake of, the mid-day meal.
1806Lewis & Clark Exped. (1893) 1061 We arrived..where we had nooned it on the 12th of Sept. last. 1850B. Taylor Eldorado xix. 135 We nooned at Sanchez' Ranche. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. v. 459 The third day of the journey the party nooned by the river Jabbok.
▪ III. noon
obs. form of none.
▪ IV. † noon
obs. aphetic form of anon.
1462Paston Lett. II. 102 And noon upon thys same langwage, yong Debnam spake to hys fader. |