morning land (morning land)

[Cf. G. mor genland, the East.] The East. [Poetical.] Where through the sands of morning - land The camel bears the spice. Macaulay , Prophecy of Capys, st. 31. morning-room (môrʼning-röm), n. A room used by the women of a family as a boudoir or sitting-room, and supposed to be occupied only before dinner. [Great Britain.] morning-speech (môrning-spēch), n. [ME. morn spec he, mor we spec he: see morrow - speech .] Same as morrow - speech . See the quotation. The word morning - speech (morgen-spæc) is as old as Anglo-Saxon times; "morgen" signified both "morning" and "morrow," and the origin of the term would seem to be that the meeting was held either in the morning of the same day or on the morning (the morrow) of the day after that on which the Gild held its feast and accompanying ceremonies, and that it afterwards became applied to other similar meetings of the Gild-brethren. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. xxxiii. See morning-sphinx (môr'ning-sfingks), n . sphinx. IMG:content-0957.png:[graphic] The friday erly in the witsonwike, that was a feire morownynge and a softe, and yet was not the water ne the enchauntement lefte. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 351. To-morrow, ere fresh morning streak the east With first approach of light, we must be risen. Milton , P. L., iv. 623. The Duke of Devons hire took a morning's ride before dinner yesterday at seven o'clock in the afternoon. Hull Advertiser , April 16, 1796 (quoted in N. and Q., 7th [ser., VI. 383). 2. Figuratively, the first or early part. O life! how pleasant in thy morning! Burns, To James Smith. We are Ancients of the earth, And in the morning of the times. Tennyson , Day-Dream, L'Envoi. 3. A morning dram or draught. [Scotch.] ter Morning-star or War-flail, beginning of 15th century. blade of a halberd or partizan, and below it a heavy ball or similar ma of iron set with spikes. Also morning star partizan. See halberd, partizan. morning-tide (môr'ning-tīd), n. Morning; figuratively, the early part of any course, especially of life. Compare morrow - tide. IMG:content-0958.png:[blocks in formation] a mulberry: