-
Night
·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Cap
·vt To deprive of cap.
II. Cap ·noun A covering for the head.
III. Cap ·vt To salute by removing t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
to cap
1) To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
2) To take off one's hat or c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
to cap
To excel; to surpass. Ex. To cap all. Used in familiar language in New England. Mr. Hartshorne, in h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
cap
, cob
head, chief, or master. Cumb.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
cap
A strong thick block of wood having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round, use...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Fore-night
·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night letter
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Night lettergram.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night lettergram
·add. ·- ·see <<Letter>>, above.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night terrors
·add. ·- A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, ·esp. those...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night-blooming
·adj Blooming in the night.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night-eyed
·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night-faring
·adj Going or traveling in the night.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Twelfth-night
·noun The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Night-hawk
(Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
night magistrate
A constable.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
after night
After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
night-walker
A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
night ward
The night-watch.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Bishop's cap
·- A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Flat-cap
·noun A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London aft...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Phrygian cap
·add. ·- A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Service cap
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Service hat.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
cap acquaintance
Persons slightly acquainted, or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on meeting. A woman w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
custard cap
The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
hum cap
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo.
See stingo.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
trencher cap
The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cap, to
To puzzle or beat in argument. To salute by touching the head-covering, as Shakspeare makes Iago's f...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cap-scuttle
A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cap-shore
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
monmouth cap
A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors. In the old play Eastward Ho, it is said, "...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
priest's-cap
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
sea-cap
The white drift or breaks of a wave. White horses of trades.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Very's night signals
·add. ·- A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
nankeen night heron
See nankeen crane
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
night order-book
A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Watches Of Night
The Jews, like the Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.