noctograph

[Latin nox (gen it. noctis)= night, and grapho to write.] 1. A writing-frame for the blind. 2. A nightly account or report. The converse of the diary. [DIARY, A.] 3. An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beat. noc-tu-a, s. [Lat.=the short-eared owl, which, like these moths, is nocturnal.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Noctuide. Noctua plecta is the Flame-shoulder. †noc-tu-a-ry, s . [As if from a Lat. noctuarium , from nox (gen it. noctis )=night.] A record or account of what pa es in the night. The converse of a diary. "I have got a parcel of visions and other miscellanies in my noctuary. Add is on : Spectator , No. 586.