night peck (nitpek)

The American woodcock, Philohela minor. [North Carolina.] night-piece (nīt'pēs), n. 1. A picture representing some night-scene; a nocturne; also, a picture so painted as to show to the best advantage by artificial light. He hung a great part of the wall with night - pieces , that seemed to show themselves by the candles which were lighted up, and were so inflamed by the sun-shine which fell upon them that I could scarce forbear crying out fire. Add is on. ( Latham .) IMG:content-1383.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1384.png:[blocks in formation] preferred by Goldsmith to Gray's celebrated Elegy. Gray's celebrated Elegy Parnell, night-porter (nīt'porter), n. attendant who is on duty at night cht a ho hotel, night rail (nit'ral), n. [ IMG:content-1385.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A head-dre , apparently a kind of cap or veil, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth night-raven (nīt'rā"vn), n. [ nachtraaf = MLG. nachtraven = OHG. naht hraban, MHG. G. nachtrabe = Icel. nātthrafn = Dan. natteravn ), The Nightrauen or Crowe is of the same manner of life that the Owle is, for that she onely commeth abrode in the darke night, fleing the daylight and Sunne. Maplet , A Greene Forest, p. 44. ( Cath . Ang .) night-soil. The side or aspect pre sented by night; the dark, mysterious, ominous, or gloomy side.