cockcrow

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cockcrow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cockcrow \Cock"crow\, Cockcrowing \Cock"crow`ing\, n.
     The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the
     first light of day.
  
     Syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak,
          break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise,
          sunup.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

cockcrow - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cockcrow
      n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
           talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
           aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day
           , dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
           [ant: sundown, sunset]