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    noon
    [ noun ]
    the middle of the day
    <noun.time>


    Noon \Noon\ (n[=o]n), a.
    No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]


    Noon \Noon\ (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour,
    fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the
    church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of
    which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf.
    {Nones}, {Nunchion}.]
    1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in
    the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

    2. Hence, the highest point; culmination.

    In the very noon of that brilliant life which was
    destined to be so soon, and so fatally,
    overshadowed. --Motley.

    {High noon}, the exact meridian; midday.

    {Noon of night}, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden.


    Noon \Noon\, a.
    Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
    --Young.


    Noon \Noon\, v. i.
    To take rest and refreshment at noon.

    1. Palestinian demonstrators clashed with troops in the Balata and Fara refugee camps near Nablus following noon prayers.
    2. It's only noon and you're already drunk!" the voice said, and hung up.
    3. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks, wobbly after a big weekly loss, was down 11.28 points to 2,002.65 as of noon EDT.
    4. Trading ended early on the Comex, before noon in New York, because of a communications problem.
    5. Noncompetitive tenders for the five-year notes, available in minimum denominations of $1,000, must be received by noon EST Thursday at the Treasury or at Federal Reserve banks or branches.
    6. Another vehicle, driven by Hal Muskat of San Francisco, was detained about noon.
    7. In the Gaza Strip, small disturbances were reported following noon prayers in several areas.
    8. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 0.68 point to 2,589.86 at noon EST.
    9. The company late Sunday sent pilots a letter telling them to return to work before noon Tuesday or be classified as being on strike.
    10. By noon, however, several private forecasters had released predictions eliminating rain from their forecasts for the weekend.
    11. Volume on the Big Board, swelled by dividend-related trading, came to 84.17 million shares as of noon on Wall Street, against 64.32 million shares at the same time Monday.
    12. The Israeli army said all aircraft returned safely from the noon raid.
    13. Volume on the Big Board came to 80.87 million shares as of noon, compared with 75.69 million shares at the same time Monday.
    14. But it shut down at noon Thursday and employees were told they didn't have to return until normal work times Monday, spokesman James Hartsfield said.
    15. But in western South Dakota, on the edge of the Black Hills, Rapid City warmed to a record 63 degrees near noon.
    16. By noon EDT, the depression left by Klaus was centered near 24.0 north latitude and 76.0 west longitude, or about 115 miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas.
    17. Quayle took the vice presidential oath several minutes before noon.
    18. The demonstrators, who were commemorating the 40th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights, gathered before noon in front of the Jokhang Temple, said two Western tourists at a Lhasa hotel and a Tibetan worker.
    19. "I attended a going-away party at noon and the only alcoholic beverage was consumed by the guest of honor.
    20. Ken Keane said the fuel spilled from two barges, which were still leaking shortly before noon.
    21. Not to be outdone, Arizona posted triple-digit temperatures even before noon.
    22. Brought into the courtroom during the noon hour Friday were television monitors and headphones so jurors may see and hear the results of the FBI's undercover sting at a downtown Washington hotel last Jan. 18.
    23. But shortly before noon yesterday paratroopers stormed and occupied a building in the center of the Lithuanian capital that acted as a relay station for local cable television and radio broadcasts.
    24. As far north as the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley, Redding, Calif., hit 105 degrees by noon.
    25. The couple and 18 friends began the climb up the 14,156-foot-high mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park at 3 a.m. in order to reach the summit by noon for the ceremony.
    26. Monitoring equipment recorded more than 2,500 lightning strikes between noon and midnight Wednesday in a strip through central Oregon.
    27. The bomb, hidden in a parked Toyota truck, exploded at noon on Nader Shah Road near the city's center, shattering windows 300 yards away and throwing bomb fragments 400 yards, police said.
    28. After a round of computer-driven program trading sent the Dow Jones industrials up more than 18 points to 2603 at noon EDT, sell programs and profit-taking pulled prices down more than 31 points from that peak.
    29. Hatch requested that more information be submitted by noon Wednesday.
    30. The Exchange board also voted to close all currency and interest rate futures and options contracts at noon on the business day before a three-day holiday weekend and on all banking holidays.
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