Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Daybreak.

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Examples

  • Next morning we started out at cocklight; we two on horseback, the King on an ambling mule.

    The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

  • Next morning my eyes opened before cocklight, and I lay awake ashamed.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • 'My child,' I said, 'I have had a dream, sent I don't doubt by some god or other, that you went to the grove before cocklight, to do your duty to the Goddess with the first of the day.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • And Ernest drove him in to Ashburton, at cocklight of a stormy day, and was going in again that evening to meet his uncle and fetch him home.

    The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • But very early in the morning -- before cocklight it was -- your great-grandfather came downstairs to see that Wesley had a cup of tea before his early start onward.

    The Measure of a Man Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • It was in my mind to say, "Be on my ship before cocklight, and with the dawn we will be away.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • "From cocklight to the dim, Harry, there is always something needing my care.

    The Measure of a Man Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

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