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Definition of Predawn
1. the time just before dawn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predawn
Literary usage of Predawn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1982)
"In the larger soil mass, predawn y declined to-12to ... In pots, a similar decline
in predawn y was achieved in 4-6 days. In both cases the minimum ys ..."
2. Savannah, Georgia: A Photographic Portrait by Twin Lights Publishers, Twin Lights Publishers, Incorporated (2002)
"... Soft hues of lavender, rose and blue intermingle in the calm predawn on the
coast of Tybee Island. PIER AT NIGHT (opposite) Kandie K. ..."
3. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an by Heinrich Barth (1896)
"... king of Kanem, whose officers never ceased to make predawn incursions into
Bornu, died, and was succeeded by his son, 'Abd Allah. ..."