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first light |
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first light n the time when light first appears in the morning; dawn The beginning of morning nautical twilight; i.e., when the center of the morning sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Now it was late, and the moon had not yet risen, therefore the headman said that he would sleep that night in our kraal, and at the first light would go with me to the spot where I said the cattle were. It seems that the white sparrow comes out only just at daybreak with the first light of dawn, and that it brings all kinds of good luck to the farmer that is fortunate enough to catch it. The first light we see we'll land a hundred yards below it or above it, in a place where it's a good hiding-place for you and the skiff, and then I'll go and fix up some kind of a yarn, and get somebody to go for that gang and get them out of their scrape, so they can be hung when their time comes. |
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