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noonmark

noun

Etymology

From noon + mark.

  1. derived from *mórǵs✻
  2. derived from *markō✻
  3. derived from *marku✻
  4. derived from mearc
  5. derived from mark
  6. compounded as noonmark — “noon + mark”

Definitions

  1. A mark made on a structure to align with the sun at noon for the purpose of timekeeping.

    • ... according to the rule for computing a noonmark...
    • She'd change the noonmark in the door so'st Mis' Beaver wouldn't start to git dinner till way past the hour, and she'd throw ashes in the butter.
    • ...the noonmark on the window ledge which may be seen today on some old houses still standing.

  2. The time of noon.

    • By that big clock the sun itself is set, He gets to noonmark by it even yet
    • During the noonmark break from the council meeting, Linden decided to wander out to the garden...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA