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Home Dictionary Name: nightThird-night-awn-hinde
Third-night-awn-hinde [trium noctium hospes, Lat.]. By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a third-night-awn-hinde, and his host was answerable for him if he committed any offence. The first night, for-man-night, or uncuth (unknown), he was reckoned a stranger; the second night, twa-night, a guest; and the third night, an agen-hinde, a domestic. Bract. 1.3....
Nightly
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
Night, the time of darkness between sunset and sunrise. Under the Night Poaching begins one hour after sunset, and ends one hour(English) s before sunrise. Under the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 25 (see BURGLARY), and the (English) Factory Act, 1901, s. 156, night is between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m....
Lurking house trespass by night
Lurking house trespass by night, whoever commits lurking house-trespass after sunset and before sunrise, is said to commit lurking house-trespass by night. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 444)...
Night Magistrate
Night Magistrate, a constable of the night; the head of a watch-house, Scots Term....
Night blooming
Blooming in the night...
Night eyed
Capable of seeing at night sharp eyed...
Night faring
Going or traveling in the night...
night line
A fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night...
night owl
A person who likes to be active late at night...
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