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Letter
·noun One who retards or hinders.
II. Letter ·noun Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Letter
In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The "oldness of the letter" (7:6) is a phrase which denotes...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Night
·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death.
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Black letter
·- The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the fi...
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Black-letter
·adj Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
II. Black-letter ·a...
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News-letter
·noun A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name...
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Red-letter
·adj Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
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Sea letter
·- The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry...
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dead letter
A writing or precept without any authority or force; a letter left in a post office and not called f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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letter-book
A book wherein is preserved a copy of all letters and orders written by the captain of a ship on pub...
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letter men
See king's letter men.
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sea-letter
See passport.
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Fore-night
·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime.
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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...
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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
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night magistrate
A constable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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.
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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in.
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night-walker
A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...
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night ward
The night-watch.
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red letter day
A saint's day or holiday, marked in the calendars with red letters. Red letter men; Roman Catholics:...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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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
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nankeen night heron
See nankeen crane
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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
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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