Twelfth-night

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• Twelfth

  ·noun The next in order after the eleventh. II. Twelfth ·noun An interval comprising an octave and ...

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• Twelfth

  Fourpence to be taken in each pound of the twelfth according to the manner of the first assessment m...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Night

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

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• Night

  [Day] ...

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• Twelfth-cake

  ·noun An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night. ...

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• Twelfth-day

  ·noun ·see <<Twelfthtide>>. ...

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• Twelfth-second

  ·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...

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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-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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• 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-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, ...

  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...

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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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