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.

  1. Ignis fatuus; Will with a wisp; Jack with a lantern. Herbert.
  2. 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 …]

NIGHT'-FOUN-DER-ED, a.

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.]

  1. A small bird that sings at night, of the genus Motacilla; Philomela or Philomel. Shak. Waller.
  2. 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.

  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. 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.