Definition of Daylights

1. Noun. (plural of daylight) ¹

2. Noun. (slang chiefly boxing) Eyes. ¹

3. Noun. mental soundness, wits, consciousness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daylights

1. daylight [v] - See also: daylight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daylights

daylight-savings time
daylight-savings times
daylight overdraft
daylight overdrafts
daylight robberies
daylight robbery
daylight saving
daylight saving time
daylight saving times
daylight savings
daylight savings time
daylight vision
daylighted
daylighting
daylightings
daylights (current term)
daylike
daylilies
daylily
daylit
daylong
daymare
daymares
daymark
daymarks
daynt
daypack
daypacks
daypeep
dayrise

Literary usage of Daylights

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To darken one's daylights. To give one such a blow on the eyes with the list аз to prevent seeing. ... daylights. The eyes, which let daylight into the ..."

2. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"daylights, eyes; "to darken his daylights," to give a person black eyes. ... The toast-master in such cases cries " no daylights or ..."

3. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1865)
"daylights, eyes ; " to darken his daylights," to give a person black eyes. ... The toast-master in such cases cries, " no daylights or ..."

4. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved by David Edwin Pingree (2003)
"Similar table, but giving half-daylights, for places where the ... Similar table giving daylights for Kuruksetra where ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"If the lady says such another word to me, d—n me, I will darken her daylights. Fielding, Amelia, 1. 10. 6. A name of the American spotted turbot, ..."

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