▪ I. morrow, n. Now only literary and dial. (see E.D.D.).
(ˈmɒrəʊ)
Forms: 3–4 moru, 3–5 mor(e)we, 4–6 morow(e, 5 morue, morou, mor(e)w, 6–7 morrowe, 6– morrow.
[ME. morwe, moru, shortened variant of morwen morn.]
1. = morn 1, morning 1. Occas. as a salutation = good morrow. Obs. exc. dial.
| c 1275 Lay. 877 He lette clemben an heþ and swiþe loude clepie þat þane ilke morewe come al his gode folke. c 1374 Chaucer Compl. Mars 12 The glad nyght ys worthe an heuy morowe. c 1386 ― Prol. 336 Wel loved he by the morwe a sop in wyn. c 1450 M. E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 94 Let þe seek drinke þer of..at euen hot an morew colde. 1530 Palsgr. 549/1 The two hostes fought togyder from morowe to nyght. 1597 Bp. Hall Sat. i. vii, Shee's white as morrows milk, or flakes new blowne. 1632 Massinger Maid of Hon. i. i, Morrow to my Vncle. 1706–7 Farquhar Beaux' Strat. ii. i, Morrow, my dear Sister; are you for Church this Morning? 1710–11 Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 Jan., Morning. Morrow, little dears. |
2. The day next after the present; the day subsequent to any specified day.
the morrow, frequently used
advb. = on the following day.
| c 1290 St. Cross 37 in S. Eng. Leg. 2 Þene Morewe aftur Midewinter day to deþe huy him brouȝte. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7842 Þe morwe after seinte mari day. 1310 in Wright Lyric P. 41 In morewe men he sohte, At under mo he brohte. c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. v. 24 Whanne heuen is rody in the euentid a cleer dai schal be the morewe. 1535 Coverdale Exod. ix. 6 Tomorow shal the Lorde do this vpon earth. And the Lorde dyd the same on the morow. Ibid. Matt. vi. 34 Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self. a 1626 Bacon New Atl. (1900) 8 The Morrow after our three dayes were past, ther came to us a new Man. 1693 Dryden Persius v. (1697) 475 Unhappy he who does this Work adjourn, And to to morrow wou'd the search delay: His lazy morrow will be like to day. 1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. Wks. 1855 I. 242/1 Taking thought for the morrow is the great hinderance of our peace in the night. 1813 Byron Br. Abydos ii. xxvii, There late was laid a marble stone; Eve saw it placed—the Morrow gone! 1817 Wolfe Burial Sir J. Moore iv, We bitterly thought of the morrow. 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 12 With yourself it rests to have a month of morrows like to-day! |
† b. the next morrow: the day after.
the third morrow: the day but one after.
Obs.| a 1300 Cursor M. 24549 He hight to rise þe thrid moru. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. 82 Hire blisse sprong the thridde morewe. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 250 Wherof his lord, which was deceived, A seknesse er the thridde morwe Conceived hath of dedly sorwe. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 175 On the third morow Bellins the king Rose erlie or the day ganne spring. 1565 Stapleton tr. Bede's Hist. Ch. Eng. 104 If Sonday were not the next morow after the fourtenth day of the chaunge of the Moone,..he taryed for the Sonday. 1647 W. Browne tr. Polexander i. 65 The Assembly..thought it fit to resolve of nothing that day, but that they should meet againe the next morrow to conclude all things. |
3. transf. and
fig.,
esp. in the sense: The time immediately following a particular event.
| a 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxliii. iv, Let mercies morrow Soone chase my night of sorrow. 1646 Crashaw Steps to Temple 40 Let them sleepe on, Till this stormy night be gone, And th' eternall morrow dawne. 1834 H. Martineau Farrers ii. 22 This morrow of a piece of good fortune. 1886 J. Fiske in Atlantic Monthly LVIII. 377 On the morrow of a long and costly war, it was not strange that the whole country was in some measure pauperized. 1887 New Princeton Rev. III. 1 The morrow of the death of a public favorite is apt to be severe upon his memory. |
4. attrib. (now only
poet.), as
morrow † dew,
† morrow letter,
morrow light,
morrow morn,
morrow noon,
morrow song;
morrow day, (
a) the next day, the morrow; (
b) daybreak;
† morrow part= morning gift (
cf. mordell);
† morrow priest, a priest who says morrow-mass;
† morrow star = morning star 1.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 5993 Moises praid þe *moru dai, All þe fleies ware went awai. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 63 Wherof erli the morwe day..he gan to fare Into the field. c 1530 Crt. of Love 437 Seven at midnight, seven at morow-day. 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) Matt. vi. 34 The morow day shal be careful for it self. 1820 Keats St. Agnes xxvii, Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day. |
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P. R. xvi. lxii. (Tollemache MS.), White margarites..þat ben conceyuid of þe *morow dewe ben made dym with þe eyer of þe euentide. |
| 1619 Hales Gold. Rem. ii. (1673) 82 In my *morrow Letters I will not fail..to send your honour the transcripts. |
| 1582 Bentley Mon. Matrones 107 O Lord, I beseech thee, that..thy grace may spring in my heart with the *morrowe light of thy comfort. 1830 Tennyson Poems 96 The ocean with the morrow light Will be both blue and calm. |
| 1798 Coleridge Anc. Mar. vii. ad fin., A sadder and a wiser man He rose the *morrow morn. |
| c 1489 Caxton Blanchardyn v. 22 A grete forest, in whiche he entred and rode styl tyl the *morowe none, wythout ony aduenture. |
| 1557–8 Will of W. Rayner (Somerset Ho.), Unto maude my wif for her full Dowery and *morrowe parte. |
| 1563 Becon Acts of Christ, etc. Wks. III. 414 This *morowe priest and that morowe priest. |
| c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 832 If even-song and *morwe-song acorde, Lat se now who shal telle the firste tale. |
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 344/2 *Morow sterre..,Lucifer. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 67 b, The morowe sterre that commeth before the daye. |
▪ II. morrow, v. rare.
(
ˈmɒrəʊ)
[f. morrow n.] intr. To dawn. Also (
nonce-use) in
pass., to be endowed with mornings.
| 1839–52 Bailey Festus 157 When earth was dayed—was morrowed—the first ray Perched on his pen, and diamonded its way. Ibid. 228, I have turned to thee, moon, from my heart,..And have hoped it might mix, as I watched thee depart, Like thyself, with the morn which had morrowed. 1884 J. Payne Tales fr. Arabic I. 70 When the morning morrowed..he summoned the chief of his viziers. |