Definition of nigh

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Nigh (superl.) Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

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Nocturn :: Nocturn (n.) An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night..
Daylight :: Daylight (n.) The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light..
Companion :: Companion (n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath..
Chivalric :: Chivalric (a.) Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.
Decoration :: Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc..
Noctuary :: Noctuary (n.) A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night..
Midnight :: Midnight (n.) The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
Soil :: Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
Howler :: Howler (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night..
Nighted :: Nighted (a.) Darkness; clouded.
Nighly :: Nighly (adv.) In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost..
Season :: Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Knight :: Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John..
Lychnobite :: Lychnobite (n.) One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..
Yestreen :: Yestreen (n.) Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) 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..
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