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Webster 1913 Edition

Noon

Noon

(nōn)
,
Adj.
No. See the Note under
No
.
[Obs.]

Noon

(noōn)
,
Noun.
[AS.
nōn
, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L.
nona
(sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called
nones
) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See
Nine
, and cf.
Nones
,
Nunchion
.]
1.
The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o’clock in the daytime.
2.
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.

Noon

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

Noon

,
Verb.
I.
To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Noon

NOON

,
Noun.
[ said to be from naw, that is up or ultimate, that limits, also nine. I has been supposed that the ninth hour, among the Romans, was the time of eating the chief meal; this hour was three o'clock, P.M. In Danish, none is an afternooning, a collation.]
1.
The middle of the day; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock.
2.
Dryden used the word for midnight. 'At the noon of night.'

NOON

,
Adj.
Meridional.
How of the noon bell.

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