Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NIGHT-ISH, a.

Pertaining to night, or attached to the night.

NIGHT-LESS, a.

Having no night.

NIGHT-LY, a.

1. Done by night; happening in the night, or appearing in the night; as, nightly sports; nightly dews.
2. Done every night. The watch goes his nightly round.

NIGHT-LY, adv.

1. By night. Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, Nightly. I visit. Milton.
2. Every night. Addison.

NIGHT-MAN, n.

One who removes filth from cities in the night.

NIGHT-MAR, n. [night and Sax. mare, incubus, night/net Mara may be from the root of merran, to stop, to hinder, [see Moor;]

or it may be the Rabbinic {foreign}, 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 haggle, 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 Circaea; 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.

NIGHT-TRIP-PING, a.

Tripping about in the night; as, a night-tripping fairy. Shak.

NIGHT-VIS-ION, n.

A vision at night. Dan. ii.

NIGHT-WAK-ING, a.

Watching in the night.

NIGHT-WALK, n.

A walk in the evening or night. Walton.

NIGHT-WALK-ER, n.

1. One that walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
2. One that roves about in the night for evil purposes. Aright-walkers are punishable by law.

NIGHT-WALK-ING, a.

Roving in the night.

NIGHT-WALK-ING, n.

A roving in the streets at night with evil designs.

NIGHT-WAN-DER-ER, n.

One roving at night. Shak.

NIGHT-WAN-DER-ING, a.

Wandering in the night. Shak.