daybreak; dayspring†, foreday†, sunup; peep of day, break of day;
aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime
of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrow, cockcrowing†;
the small hours, the wee hours of the morning.
spring; vernal equinox, first point of Aries.
noon; midday, noonday; noontide, meridian, prime; nooning,
noontime.
summer, midsummer.
Adj. matin, matutinal†; vernal.
Adv. at sunrise &c n.; with the sun, with the lark, when the morning
dawns.
Phr. at shut of evening flowers [Paradise Lost]; entre chien et loup
[Fr.]; flames in the forehead of the morning sky [Milton]; the breezy
call of incense-breathing morn [Gray].