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Deadly nightshade.

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. Knight.

Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

To except; to exclude by exception. Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to- night. Shak.

A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. Knight.

Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. Knight.

isting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Knight.

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

f stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. Knight.

form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.

A drop of sweat or other liquid. "Cold beads of midnight dew." Wordsworth.

ssel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat. Knight.

The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. Knight.

Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.] Night with her bedewy wings. A. Brewer.

A nightgown.

process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.

Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton.