night-walker

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• Walker

  ·vt A fuller of cloth. II. Walker ·noun One who walks; a pedestrian. III. Walker ·noun That with w...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• walker

  a fuller ; a WALK-MILL, a fulling mill : a Belg. WALCHER, fullo; hoc ii verb. Belg. WALCHEN ; Ital. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Night

  ·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment. II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death. ...

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• Night

  [Day] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• hookee walker

  An expression signifying that the story is not true, or that the thing will not occour. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• matthew walker

  A knot, so termed from the originator. It is formed by a half hitch on each strand in the direction ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fore-night

  ·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime. ...

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• Night letter

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Night lettergram. ...

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• Night lettergram

  ·add. ·- ·see <<Letter>>, above. ...

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• Night terrors

  ·add. ·- A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, ·esp. those...

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• Night-blooming

  ·adj Blooming in the night. ...

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• Night-eyed

  ·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. ...

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• Night-faring

  ·adj Going or traveling in the night. ...

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• 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-cap

  Warm grog taken just before turning in. ...

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• night ward

  The night-watch. ...

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• 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