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Until :: Until (prep.) To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month..

Hesper :: Hesper (n.) The evening; Hesperus.

Fore-night :: Fore-night (n.) The evening between twilight and bedtime.

Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.

Katydid :: Katydid (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name..

Serene :: Serene (n.) Evening air; night chill.

Crepusculous :: Crepusculous (a.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects..

Vesper :: Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells..

Gloom :: Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight..

Undertime :: Undertime (n.) The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.

Aubade :: Aubade (n.) An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning..

Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory..

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

Angelus :: Angelus (n.) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell..

Glooming :: Glooming (n.) Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

Shrovetide :: Shrovetide (n.) The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday..

Even :: Even (n.) Evening. See Eve, n. 1..

Evenfall :: Evenfall (n.) Beginning of evening.

Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..

Tea :: Tea (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper..

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