ˈmorningtide Now poet.
[f. morning + tide.]
The morning, or early part of the day.
| 1530 Palsgr. 68 Of matyn, a mornyng, matynée, a mornynge tyde. 1611 Cotgr., Matinée, a forenoone, or morning⁓tide. 1848 Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. i, All the gentle angels Which glance about my dreams at morning-tide. 1881 Blackmore Christowell i, But morning-tide spread all soft herbage with a silvery tissue. |