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eye of day

British  

noun

  1. poetic the sun

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I leant upon a coppice gate     When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate     The weakening eye of day.

From Slate Jan. 1, 2013

Their farm system would improve from 28th in Baseball America's rankings the year before Epstein took charge to second in 2008, largely because they attacked the draft-compensation system with the predatory eye of day traders.

From Chicago Tribune Oct. 21, 2011

The two together, Mata-hari, are translated as "the sun," or the "eye of day."

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As the eye of day closed, the two men called together for the priest.

From Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India by Fleeson, Katherine Neville

Far in the sultry west was an occasional play of lightning, the hot eye of day peeping back into the sweltering night.

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