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Day [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That part of the time of the earth's revolution on its axis, in which its surface is presented to the sun; the part of the twenty four hours when it is light; or the space of time between the rising and setting of the sun; called the artificial day

2. And God called the light day Gen. I.

3. In this sense, the day may commence at any period of the revolution. The Babylonians began the day at sun-rising; the Jews, at sun-setting; the Egyptians, at midnight, as do several nations in modern times, the British, French, Spanish, American, etc. This day in reference to civil transactions, is called the civil day Thus with us the day when a legal instrument is dated, begins and ends at midnight.

4. Light; sunshine.

5. Let us walk honestly as in the day Romans 13:12 .

6. Time specified; any period of time distinguished from other time; age; time with reference to the existence of a person or thing.

7. He was a useful man in his day

8. In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely

9. die. Genesis 2:2 .

10. In this sense, the plural is often used; as, from the days of the judges; in the days of our fathers. In this sense also, the word is often equivalent to life, or earthly existence.

11. The contest of a day; battle; or day of combat.

12. The day is his own.

13. He won the day that is, he gained the victory.

14. An appointed or fixed time.

15. If my debtors do not keep their day Dryden.

16. Time of commemorating an event; anniversary; the same day of the month, in any future year. We celebrate the day of our Savior's birth.

17. DAY by day daily; every day; each day in succession; continually; without intermission of a day

18. DAY by day we magnify thee. Common Prayer.

19. But or only from day to day without certainty of continuance; temporarily.

20. To-day, adverb On the present day; this day; or at the present time.

21. DAY s of grace, in theology, the time when mercy is offered to sinners.

22. To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Psalms 95:7 .

23. DAY s of grace, in law, are days granted by the court for delay, at the prayer of the plaintiff or defendant.

24. Three days, beyond the day named in the writ, in which the person summoned may appear and answer.

25. DAY s of grace, in commerce, a customary number of days, in Great Britain and America, three, allowed for the payment of a note or bill of exchange, after it becomes due. A note due on the seventh of the month is payable on the tenth.

26. The days of grace are different in different countries. In France, they are ten; at Naples, Eight; at Venice, Amsterdam and Antwerp, six; at Hamburg, Twelve; in Spain, fourteen; in Genoa, thirty.

27. DAY s in bank, in England, days of appearance in the court of common bench.

Day [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

2. 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, below.

3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.

4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

Day Encyclopedia Britannica

DAY. See Astronomy and Calendar....

DAY, John, a lyrical dramatist of the age of Elizabeth, of whose life no particulars have been transmitted to us, except that he was a student of Cai us College, Cambridge. The first work which he is known to have produced is The Isle of Gulls, printed in 1606, a comedy founded upon Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia. In 1607 he published a curious drama, written by him in conjunction with William Rowley and George Wilkins, The Travels of Three English Brothers, which detailed the adventures of Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, and Robert Shirley. In the same year appeared The Parliament of Bees, toe work on which Day’s reputation mainly rests. This exquisite and unique drama, or rather masque, is entirely occupied with “the doings, the births, the wars, the wooings” of bees, expressed in a style at once most singular and most charming. In 1608 Day published two comedies, Law Tricks and Humour out of Breath. In 1610 there was licensed by him a comedy of The Mad Pranks of Merry Moll, which has not survived. It is not known w hen he died, but his works were frequently reprinted before the civil wars, and as late as 1659 one of them, The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, first saw the light. The six dramas by John Day which we possess testify to a talent somewhat out of sympathy with the main poetic current of his day. Except The Parliament of Bees, which is all in rhyme, his plays are in prose, with occasional rhymed passages of great lyrical sweetness. He preserved, in a great measure, the dramatic tradition of John Lyly, and affected a kind of subdued euphuism. It is, indeed, not impossible that the Maid's Metamorphosis, 1600, wrongly supposed to be a posthumous work of Lyly’s, may be attributable to the youth of Day. It possesses, at all events, many of his marked characteristics. The beauty and ingenuity of The Parliament of Bees were noted and warmly extolled by Charles Lamb; but no effort has been made in our generation to revive his fame, and the works of this writer of very distinct and peculiar genius remain still unedited.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 848
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Day Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

The Hebrews, in conformity with the Mosaic law, reckoned the day from evening to evening. The natural day, that is, the portion of time from sunrise to sunset, was divided by the Hebrews, as it is now by the Arabians, into six unequal parts. These divisions were as follows:--1. The break of day. This portion of time was, at a recent period, divided into two parts, in imitation of the Persians; the first of which began when the eastern, the second, when the western, division of the horizon was illuminated. The authors of the Jerusalem Talmud divided it into four parts; the first of which was called in Hebrew איּלת השחר, which occurs in Psalm xxii, 1, and corresponds to the phrase, λίαν ϖρωΐ, in the New Testament, Mark xvi, 2; John xx, 1. 2. The morning or sunrise. 3. The heat of the day. This began about nine o’clock, Gen. xviii, 1; 1 Sam. xi, 11. 4. Midday. 5. The cool of the day; literally, the wind of the day. This expression is grounded on the fact, that a wind commences blowing regularly a few hours before sunset, and continues till evening, Gen. iii, 8. 6. The evening. This was divided into two parts, ערבים; the first of which began, according to the Caraites and Samaritans, at sunset, the second, when it began to grow dark. But, according to the rabbins, the first commenced just before sunset, the second, precisely at sunset. The Arabians agree with the Caraites and Samaritans; and in this way the Hebrews appear to have computed, previous to the captivity. The mention of שעה, _hours_, occurs first in Daniel iii, 6, 15; v, 5. They were first measured by _gnomons_, which merely indicated the meridian; afterward, by the _hour-watch_, σκιαθέρικον; and subsequently still, by the _clepsydra_, or instrument for measuring time by ...

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Day lily Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.

2. A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

Day-coal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

Day-labor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Labor hired or performed by the day.

Day-laborer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.

Day-net [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A net for catching small birds.

Day-peep [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The dawn.

Day-star [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.

2. The sun, as the orb of day.

Dayaks [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Dyaks.

Daybed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A bed used for idleness, indulgence, or rest during the day.

Daybook [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A journal of accounts; a book in which are recorded the debts and credits or accounts of the day.

Daybook [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.

Daybreak [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The dawn or first appearance of light in the morning.

Daybreak [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

Daycoal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A name given by miners to the upper stratum of coal.

Daydream [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A vision to the waking senses.

Daydream [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

Daydreamer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One given to daydreams.

Dayflower [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A genus of plants, the Commelina.

Dayflower [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

Dayfly [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A genus of insects that live one day only, or a very short time called Ephemera. The species are numerous, some of which live scarcely an hour, others, several days.

Dayfly [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

Daylabor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Labor hired or performed by the day.

Daylaborer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who works by the day.

Daylight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a lamp or candle.

Daylight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

2. The eyes.

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Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:19

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

Genesis 2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Genesis 3:5

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

Genesis 5:2

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”