Definition of evening

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Evening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eve.

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Hesperus :: Hesperus (n.) Evening.
Still :: Still (adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere..
Hesper :: Hesper (n.) The evening; Hesperus.
Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..
Cool :: Cool (n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening..
Vespers :: Vespers (n.) The evening song or service.
Curfew :: Curfew (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself..
Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..
Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory..
Evening :: Evening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eve.
Parasceve :: Parasceve (n.) Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath..
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening..
Glooming :: Glooming (n.) Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
Rout :: Rout (n.) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party..
Onagrarieous :: Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera)..
Occident :: Occident (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere..
Yester-evening :: Yester-evening (n.) The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum..
Tenebrae :: Tenebrae (n.) The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days..
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