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Shining in the night.

Going about in the night; night-wandering.

A roving or going about in the night. Gayton.

Noctivagant.

A kind of writing frame for the blind.

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. [R.] Addison.

Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ, or Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. -- a.

A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).

An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to Ant: diurnal. Dryden.

By night; nightly.

A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.

Harm; injury; detriment. [Obs.]

Hurtful; noxious. [R.] -- Noc"u*ous*ly, adv. [R.]

To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

Knotted. Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of the third order having two branches which cross each other, forming a node.

Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [R.]

One who nods; a drowsy person.

Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.