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Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..

Hag-ridden :: Hag-ridden (a.) Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare..

Knights Bachelors :: Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelo.

Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..

Excubitorium :: Excubitorium (n.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night..

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task..

Squawl :: Squawk (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.

Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.

Knight Baro-net :: Knight baro-net () See Baronet.

Fortnightly :: Fortnightly (adv.) Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.

Morelle :: Morelle (n.) Nightshade. See 2d Morel.

Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..

Nyctitropic :: Nyctitropic (a.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.

Anight :: Anight (adv.) Alt. of Anight.

Nocturnally :: Nocturnally (adv.) By night; nightly.

Equator :: Equator (n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line..

Socage :: Socage (n.) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent..

Robertsman :: Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood..

Disquietly :: Disquietly (adv.) In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night..

Templar :: Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple..

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