Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The time during which the sun is above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, Scotland The time during which the sun is up, or above the
horizon ; the time betweensunrise andsunset .
Etymologies
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up + sun
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Examples
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_Eclipse_ had been nosing about upsun for signs of slavers or Humanist hold-outs, while the Skylark was going like lightning in the opposite direction.
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