King James Bible Dictionary

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, adjective Meridional.

How of the noon bell.

NOON'DAY, noun Mid-day; twelve o'clock in the day.

NOON'DAY, adjective Pertaining to mid-day; meridional; as the noonday heat.

NOON'ING, noun Repose at noon; sometimes, repast at noon.

NOON'STEAD, noun The station of the sun at noon.

NOON'TIDE, noun [See Tide, which signifies time.] The time of noon; mid-day.

NOON'TIDE, adjective Pertaining to noon; meridional.