Defn: A net for catching small birds.
DAY-PEEP
Day"-peep`, n.
Defn: The dawn. [Poetic] Milton.
DAYSMAN
Days"man, n. Etym: [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.]
Defn: An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.
DAYSPRING
Day"spring, n.
Defn: The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton. The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
DAY-STAR
Day"-star`, n.
1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day. A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19.
2. The sun, as the orb of day. [Poetic] So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.