Definition of "first light" []

• Dawn; sunrise; the moment at which the sun can first be seen on the horizon. (noun)

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• "A Roman writer describes the situation concisely: and having hastily found a suitable guide from among the Picentine prisoners, he Spartacus made his way hidden in the Eburian Hills to Nares Lucanae and from there at first light he reached Forum Annii."
• "It was first light when Spartacuss men reached the little town of Forum Annii."
• "By the time the sun cast its first light over the plains, Alfred was out with the two drays and a wagon, searching for Sage."