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Quixotism :: Quixotism (n.) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry..

Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..

Mare :: Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare..

Daymare :: Daymare (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare..

Ailette :: Ailette (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet..

Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory..

Antephialtic :: Antephialtic (n.) A remedy nightmare.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

Benightment :: Benightment (n.) The condition of being benighted.

Knight Templar :: Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3..

Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

Overnight :: Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight..

Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..

Poudrette :: Poudrette (n.) A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc..

Britzska :: Britzska (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey..

Socage :: Socage (n.) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent..

Fortnight :: Fortnight (n.) The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

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