Definition
• | That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. |
• | Darkness; obscurity; concealment. |
• | Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance. |
• | A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. |
• | The period after the close of life; death. |
• | A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. |