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noonmark en · NOUN

Etymology

From noon + mark.

Meanings

1. A mark made on a structure to align with the sun at noon for the purpose of timekeeping.
   • ...the noonmark on the window ledge which may be seen today on some old houses still standing. 1969, Mary Earle Gould, When we were Young, →OCLC:
   • 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. 1905, Emma Bell Miles, The Spirit of the Mountains, →ISBN:
   • ... according to the rule for computing a noonmark... 1902, W H Chaney, J Lawson Hall, The Astrologer's Vade Mecum, →OCLC:
2. The time of noon.
   • During the noonmark break from the council meeting, Linden decided to wander out to the garden... 1999, Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord, →ISBN:
   • By that big clock the sun itself is set, He gets to noonmark by it even yet 1867, Record of the Golden Wedding of Rev. George Duffield, D.D. and Isabella Graham Bethune Duffield, →OCLC:

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