I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from day + light
1. : the light of day as opposed to the darkness of night : the light of the sun plus the sky as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light ; often : the diffused and reflected light of the sun and the sky as distinguished from sunlight and from artificial light
2. : daytime
3. : the time of daylight : daybreak
arise before daylight
4.
a. : knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure or of something that could not be foretold
the professor's lecture threw some daylight on the problem
b. : openness , publicity
the new diplomacy … has to operate in daylight — Dag Hammarskjöld
5. daylights plural
a. archaic : eyes
b. : innards
walloped the daylights out of him — Dan Polier
brutishly whacking the daylights out of the ball — Frank Gibney
also : wits
scare the daylights out of you — E.A.McCourt
6. : a clear or open space
you could see daylight between the cracks
especially : the maximum distance between the chase bed and the platen of a platen press
II. verb
( daylighted ; daylighted also daylit ; daylighting ; daylights )
transitive verb
: to provide or light up (as a classroom) with daylight
intransitive verb
: to supply daylight