VESPER

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening. Shak.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells. Vesper sparrow, the grass finch. See under Grass.


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