adv. and pred. a. prop. phrase. [A prep.1 + DAWN.] Dawning, gleaming with new light.
1881. E. H. Hickey, in Academy, No. 459, 133. Have written neer a better thing than the thought a-dawn in your eye.
adv. and pred. a. prop. phrase. [A prep.1 + DAWN.] Dawning, gleaming with new light.
1881. E. H. Hickey, in Academy, No. 459, 133. Have written neer a better thing than the thought a-dawn in your eye.