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starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5.

See Letter, above.

A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.

Blooming in the night. Night-blooming cereus. (Bot.) See Note under Cereus.

Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. "Your night-eyed Tiberius." B. Jonson.

Going or traveling in the night. Gay.

A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

A nightgown.

Overtaken by night; belated. Beau. & Fl.

period of night; nighttime. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The close of the day. Swift.

A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garnment.

A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.

Of or pertaining to night.

A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.

Having no night.

Lasting all night.

Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

One whose business is emptying privies by night.

A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.