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Webster 1913 Edition


dayspring

day′springˊ

(dā′sprĭngˊ)
,
Noun.
The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
Milton.
The tender mercy of our God; whereby the
dayspring
from on high hath visited us.
Luke i. 78.
A dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day-star
arise in your hearts.
2 Peter i. 19.
2.
The sun, as the orb of day.
[Poetic]
So sinks the
day-star
in the ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dayspring

DA'YSPRING

,
Noun.
The dawn; the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light.