Night

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

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

III. Night ·noun Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

IV. Night ·noun A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.

V. Night ·noun A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

VI. Night ·noun That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; ·esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

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

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

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

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·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
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...

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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Very's night signals
·add. ·- A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arr...

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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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See nankeen crane ...

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fly-by-night
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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...

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The Jews, like the Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each...

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