KJV Dictionary Definition: noon

noon

NOON, n. said to be from naw, that is up or ultimate, that limits, also nine. I has been supposed that the ninth hour, among the Romans, was the time of eating the chief meal; this hour was three o'clock, P.M. In Danish, none is an afternooning, a collation.

1. The middle of the day; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock.

2. Dryden used the word for midnight. "At the noon of night."

NOON, a. Meridional.

How of the noon bell.

nooning

NOON'ING, n. Repose at noon; sometimes, repast at noon.