= daytime, n. Also: the period of a day. Cf. night-tide, n. 1. Now rare (chiefly poetic or literary in later use).

The interval of daylight between two periods of night. Strictly: the period of time between sunrise and sunset, during which the sun is above the…

The time between sunrise and sunset; the time of daylight.

The time during which there is daylight; daytime; spec. the time when daylight appears; dawn, daybreak (as in at daylight, until daylight, etc.).

the period during which the sun is above the horizon, as distinguished from the period in which the earth turns once on its axis (cf. natural day n.…

= open daylight, n. Now chiefly poetic.

The day or daybreak.

The full light of day; bright light. Cf. open day, n. 1. Also in extended use.

The period of the day extending from dawn through the afternoon till the hour of the evening meal. Obsolete.