Nigh, v. t. & i. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.]
Wyclif (Matt. iii. 2).
Nigh, prep. Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh
shore?" Shak.
Nigh"ly, adv. In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a
little; almost. [Obs.]
A cube and a sphere . . . nighly of the same bigness.
Locke.
Nigh"ness, n. The quality or state of being nigh. [R.] "Nighness of
blood." Holished.
Night (?), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS.
& OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n&?;tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts,
Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. &?;,
&?;, Skr. nakta, nakti. √ 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.] 1. That
part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the
time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when
there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or
artificial light.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
Gen. i. 5.