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·adj Opening in blossoms; flowering. II. Blooming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Bloom>>. III. Blooming ·nou...

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

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[Day] ...

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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-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 ...

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night magistrate
A constable. ...

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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...

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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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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, ...

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nankeen night heron
See nankeen crane ...

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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...

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

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