Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: NIGHT'FALL – NIGHT'-SPELL
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NIGHT'FALL, n.
The close of the day; evening. Swift.
NIGHT'-FAR-ING, a.
Traveling in the night. Gay.
NIGHT'-FIRE, n.
- Ignis fatuus; Will with a wisp; Jack with a lantern. Herbert.
- Fire burning in the night. Irving.
NIGHT'-FLY, n.
An insect that flies in the night. Shak.
NIGHT'-FLY-ER, n.
An insect that flies in the night. [1841 Addenda: An animal or insect that flies …]
Lost or distressed in the night Milton.
NIGHT'-GOWN, n.
A loose gown used for undress. Addison.
NIGHT'-HAG, n.
A witch supposed to wander in the night. Milton.
NIGHT'IN-GALE, n. [Sax. nihtegale; Sw. nachtergal; D. negtegaal; G. nachtigall; Dan. nattergal; composed of night and Sax. galan, to sing.]
- A small bird that sings at night, of the genus Motacilla; Philomela or Philomel. Shak. Waller.
- A word of endearment. Shak.
NIGHT'ISH, a.
Pertaining to night, or attached to the night.
NIGHT'LESS, a.
Having no night.
NIGHT'LY, a.
- Done by night; happening in the night, or appearing in the night; as, nightly sports; nightly dews.
- Done every night. The watch goes his nightly round.
NIGHT'LY, adv.
- By night. Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, / Nightly I visit. Milton.
- Every night. Addison.
NIGHT'-MAN, n.
One who removes filth from cities in the night.
NIGHT'MAR, n. [night and Sax. mara, incubus, nightmar. Mara may be from the root of merran, to stop, to hinder, (see Moor;) or it may be the Rabbinic מריא, an evil spirit or demon. The common spelling is erroneous, and tends to mislead the reader.]
Incubus; a sensation in sleep resembling the pressure of a weight on the breast, generally seeming to be that of some hideous monster or phantom, interrupting the sleep with violent struggle and tremor.
NIGHT'-PIECE, n.
A piece of painting so colored as to be supposed seen by candle-light. Addison.
NIGHT'-RAIL, n. [night and Sax. regl, or rather hrægle, a garment or robe.]
A loose robe or garment worn over the dress at night. [Not used.] Addison.
NIGHT'-RA-VEN, n.
A fowl of ill omen that cries in the night. Spenser. Shak.
NIGHT'-REST, n.
Rest or repose at night. Shak.
NIGHT'-ROB-BER, n.
One that robs or steals in the night. Spenser.
NIGHT'-RULE, n.
A tumult or frolick in the night. Shak.
NIGHT'SHADE, n. [Sax. nihtscada.]
A plant of the genus Solanum. The deadly nightshade is of the genus Atropa the American nightshade of the genus Phytolacca; the bastard nightshade of the genus Rivina; the enchanter's nightshade of the genus Circæa; the Malabar nightshade of the genus Basella; and the three-leaved shade of the genus Trillium. Fam. of Plants.
NIGHT'-SHIN-ING, a.
Shining in the night; luminous in darkness. Wilkins.
NIGHT'-SHRIEK, n.
A shriek or outcry in the night. Shak.
NIGHT'-SPELL, n.
A charm against accidents at night. Chaucer.