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Morning Star   /mˈɔrnɪŋ stɑr/   Listen
adjective
Morning  adj.  Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. "She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew."
Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day.
Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts.
Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; a common sign of pregnancy.
Morning star.
(a)
Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening.
(b)
Satan. See Lucifer. "Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far."
(c)
A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain.
Morning watch (Naut.), the watch between four a. m. and eight a. m..






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"Morning star" Quotes from Famous Books



... may be far, Or near or far I cannot see, But faithful as the morning star He yet shall rise ...
— Maurine and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... tiny little stranger came into the world. It had been necessary to have a great fire in order to have light, so as soon as we got Baby dressed I opened the door a little to cool the room and Molly saw the morning star twinkling merrily. "Oh," she said, "that is what I will call my little girlie,—Star, ...
— Letters of a Woman Homesteader • Elinore Pruitt Stewart

... expectation of hope. She awaited without interest the routine which had been so often uninteresting; she viewed without emotion the characters which had never moved. A stranger suddenly appeared upon the stage, fresh as the morning dew, and glittering like the morning star. All eyes await, all tongues applaud him. His step is grace, his countenance hope, his voice music! And was such a being born only to deceive and be deceived? Was he to run the same false, palling, ruinous career which had filled so many hearts with bitterness ...
— The Young Duke • Benjamin Disraeli

... taking a couple of tickets. There was also Luke Wood, the representative of the "Kick-off," who knew a thing or two about the game. He was in for a pair of tickets, too, and drew the Invincible and Morning Star. He was thoroughly disgusted at the prospect (more particularly as he had been one of the leading hands in getting up the "sweep"); but, as the Yankees say, he gradually "cooled himself down," and got thoroughly reconciled to ...
— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone

... the physical, of a broken shell, of escape, freedom.... He found that he was weeping. He lay upon the sand, and the tears came as they might from a young boy. When they were past, when he lifted himself again, the morning star was ...
— Foes • Mary Johnston


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