day (3 the lit. sense of ‘daylight’ occurs in comparisons 2H4 IV. iv. 32 “Open as day,” 2H6 II. i. 107 “clear as day” )
1.
phrases:
“How's the ?,” what time is
it? Tp. V. i. 3; so “by the ” = o'clock 1H4 II. i. 2; “take no longer d-s,” be
no longer about it Tit. IV. ii.
167; “The duty of the
,”
morning salutation Cym. III. v.
32, also “time of
day” (freq.).
2.
=day of battle
John III. iv. 116
“by losing of this ,”
2H4 I. ii. 170; (hence)
victory
John II. i. 393
“To whom in favour she
shall give the ,”
1H4 V. iv. 163, 2H6 V. ii. 89.
3.
light (fig.)
Ant. IV. viii. 13
“O thou o' the
world!.”
