Night"er*tale (?), n. [Cf. Icel. nttarpel.] period of night; nighttime.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Night"-eyed` (?), a. Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. "Your
night-eyed Tiberius." B. Jonson.
Night"fall` (?), n. The close of the day. Swift.
Night"-far`ing (?), a. Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
Night"gown` (?), n. A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used
for a sleeping garment.
Night"in*gale (?), n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht
night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS.
nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. näktergal, Dan.
nattergal. See Night, and Yell.] 1. (Zoöl.) A small, plain, brown and
gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is
celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
2. (Zoöl.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe,
having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied
to other allied species.
Mock nightingale. (Zoöl.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).
Night"ish, a. Of or pertaining to night.
Night"jar` (?), n. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust.
of Goatsucker.
Night"less, a. Having no night.
Night"long` (?; 115), a. Lasting all night.
Night"ly, a. 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.
Night"ly, adv. At night; every night.
Night"man (?), n.; pl. Nightmen (&?;). One whose business is emptying
privies by night.
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Night"mare` (?), n. [Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus.] 1. A
fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
2. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by
digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme
uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach,
impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive
dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state
of mind; incubus. Dunglison.