subs. (university).—A glass that is not a bumper; also SKYLIGHT (q.v.). Obsolete.
TO BURN DAYLIGHT, verbal phr. (colloquial).—To use artificial light before it is really dark; to waste time.
1595. SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, Act i., Sc. 4. Mercutio. Come, we BURN DAYLIGHT.
TO LET or KNOCK DAYLIGHT INTO ONE, INTO THE VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT, or INTO THE LUNCHEON RESERVOIR, phr. (common).—To stab in the stomach (or breadbasket); in the bread-room, potato-store, or giblet-pie, etc., and by implication to kill. Fr., bayafer. For synonyms, see COOK ONE’S GOOSE.
1841. Punch, vol. I., p. 101, col. 2. A gentleman in a blue uniform has thrown himself into an attitude à la Crib, with the facetious intention of LETTING DAYLIGHT INTO THE WITTLING DEPARTMENT.
