noonsteadn.
/ˈnuːnstɛd/, U.S. /ˈnunˌstɛd/ Now rare.
Originally: the position of the sun at noon; the highest point in the sky reached by any other celestial object; cf. culmination n. 1. Later (also): (English regional) = noontide n. 1.
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the world > the universe > sun > position > [noun] > at noon
noon rest1538
noonstead1556
noon-point1578
perigee1595
apogee1640
perigeum1646
1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 22 A circle..whiche is called therefore the Meridiane circle, and may be named well the Noone steede cyrcle.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 44 The worlds great light..Would at our noonestead euer make aboade.
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice f. 154 The Sunne..stands..fixt in the Noone-stead of Eternities.
1670 J. Flamsteed Let. 19 Sept. in Corr. (1995) I. 51 The Moone was scarce an hour removd from the Noonestead.
1882 G. MacDonald Gifts of Child Christ I. xv. 160 No sooner had the sun reached the noonstead, than Photogen began to remember the past night.
Derivatives
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the world > the universe > star > stellar motion > [noun] > passage
noonsteading1570
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. diiijv Foreseing the Rising, Settyng, Nonestedyng..of certaine..fixed Sterres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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