Definition of nigh

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Nigh (a.) Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead..

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Well-nigh :: Well-nigh (adv.) Almost; nearly.
Nightjar :: Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker..
Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India..
Nighted :: Nighted (a.) Darkness; clouded.
Twelfth-cake :: Twelfth-cake (n.) An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.
Night-faring :: Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.
Yesternight :: Yesternight (n.) The last night; the night last past.
Bachelry :: Bachelry (n.) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
Bluethroat :: Bluethroat (n.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler..
Knighting :: Knighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knigh.
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Nigh :: Nigh (v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Serenade :: Serenade (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies..
Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves..
Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.
Daymare :: Daymare (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare..
Philomela :: Philomela (n.) The nightingale; philomel.
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