Brewer's: Daysman

An umpire, judge, or intercessor. The word is dais-man (a man who sits on the daïs); a sort of lit de justice. Hence Piers Ploughman—

And at the day of doom At the height Deys sit.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Dayspring
Days set apart as Sabbaths
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