Noon

·noun Hence, the highest point; culmination.

II. Noon ·vi To take rest and refreshment at noon.

III. Noon ·adj No. ·see the Note under No.

IV. Noon ·adj Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.

V. Noon ·noun The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

noon
Mid-day. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Noon-flower
·noun The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
noon-flower
n. a rare name for the Mesembryanthemum. See Pig-face. 1891. `The Argus,' Dec. 19, p. 4, col. 2: ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
noon-scape
the time when labourers rest after dinner. Lane. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
apparent noon
The instant that the sun's centre is on the meridian of a place. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
mean noon
The noon of a mean day supposing the year to be divided into days of equal length. It differs from a...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Sleep-at-noon
·noun A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
(1795-1854) Poet and biographer, s. of a brewer at Reading, where he was b., and which he represent...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin