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Definition of day

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Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day

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Wednesday :: Wednesday (a.) The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

Leap Year :: Leap year () Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile..

Dial :: Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..

Massacre :: Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day..

Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

Day-star :: Day-star (n.) The sun, as the orb of day..

Holiday :: Holiday (a.) Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.

Neuvaines :: Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..

Daydream :: Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

Yester-morning :: Yester-morning (n.) The morning of yesterday.

Nundinary :: Nundinary (a.) Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day..

Whitmonday :: Whitmonday (n.) The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.

Twelfthtide :: Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

Ramadan :: Ramadan (n.) The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month..

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour..

Sunday :: Sunday (n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day..

Promising :: Promising (a.) Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day..

November :: November (n.) The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days..

Dial :: Dial (n.) The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands..