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night night brings counsel proverbial saying, late 16th century, sometimes used as a warning against taking a hasty action or decision. The same idea is found in the writings of the Greek comic dramatist Menander (342–c.292 bc), ‘at night comes counsel to the wise’, and in the Latin tag, ‘in nocte consilium [in night is counsel].’
Night Journey in Muslim tradition, the journey through the air made by Muhammad, guided by the archangel Gabriel. They flew first to Jerusalem, where Muhammad prayed with earlier prophets including Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, before entering the presence of Allah in heaven. night of the long knives a treacherous massacre or betrayal, especially the massacre of the Brownshirts on Hitler's orders in June 1934. Traditionally, the phrase is used to refer to the (legendary) massacre of the Britons by Hengist in 472, described by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae. The term has also been used to describe Harold Macmillan's dismissal of seven of his Cabinet on 13 July 1962. See also it was a dark and stormy night, ships that pass in the night at ship, things that go bump in the night, the watches of the night. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "night." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "night." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-night.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "night." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-night.html |
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night / nīt/ • n. 1. the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise: a moonless night | the office door is always locked at night. ∎ this as the interval between two days: a two-bedroom cabin costs $90 per night | somebody put him up for the night. ∎ the darkness of night: a line of watchfires stretched away into the night. ∎ poetic/lit. nightfall. 2. the period of time between afternoon and bedtime; an evening: he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights. ∎ an evening appointed for some activity, or spent or regarded in a certain way: wasn't it a great night out? • interj. inf. short for good night. PHRASES: night and day all the time; constantly: she studied night and day.DERIVATIVES: night·less adj. |
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"night." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "night." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-night.html "night." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-night.html |
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"Night." Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. 1986. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Night." Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. 1986. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505500473.html "Night." Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. 1986. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505500473.html |
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Night, lyric poem by Jeffers, published in Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems (1925).
In stately free verse, the poet celebrates the beauty of the rhythmic return of night to the California coast. “Sun‐lovers” worship a “father of lights and noises, wars, weeping and laugh‐ter …,” but nobler night, death, and darkness, “the primal and the latter silences,” must prevail over life, “the flicker of men and moths and the wolf on the hill.” This ultimate truth, which men dared not face before, has been unveiled by modern science and philosophy. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Night." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Night." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Night.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Night." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Night.html |
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"Night." -Ologies and -Isms. 1986. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Night." -Ologies and -Isms. 1986. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505200303.html "Night." -Ologies and -Isms. 1986. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505200303.html |
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night OE. ni(e)ht, with vowel generalized from case-forms in which mutation was regular, the normal (Angl.) nom. being næht, neaht = OS., OHG. naht ((M)Du., G. nacht), ON. nátt, nótt, Goth. nahts. The IE. base *noqt- is repr. also by L. nox, noct-, Gr. núx, nukt- OSl. nos̆t, Lith. naktìs, OIr. nocht, W. nos, Skr. nákt-.
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T. F. HOAD. "night." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "night." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-night.html T. F. HOAD. "night." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-night.html |
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night Although it is a time for dreaming divine messages (Matt. 2: 12–13, 14), night is, rather, a metaphor for danger (Ps. 91: 5) and grief (Ps. 30: 5), and many psalms speak of deliverance coming ‘in the morning’. In the New Jerusalem there will be no night (Rev. 21: 25) and God's people will enjoy his presence all the time.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "night." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "night." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-night.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "night." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-night.html |
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night •affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, shite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write
•Shiite • Trotskyite • McCarthyite
•Vishnuite • Sivaite • albite
•snakebite • frostbite • soundbite
•kilobyte • columbite • love bite
•Moabite • megabyte • gigabyte
•Jacobite • Rechabite • jadeite
•lyddite • expedite • cordite • erudite
•Luddite • recondite • troglodyte
•hermaphrodite • extradite
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"night." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "night." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-night.html "night." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-night.html |
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