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Nocturn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An office of devotion, or religious service by night.

Nocturn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

2. One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.

Nocturnal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to night; as nocturnal darkness.

2. Done or happening at night; as a nocturnal expedition or assault; a nocturnal visit.

3. Nightly; done or being every night.

4. From gilded roofs depending lamps display nocturnal beams, that emulate the day.

Nocturnal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An instrument, chiefly used at sea to take the altitude of stars about the pole, in order to ascertain the latitude. This may be a hemisphere, or a planisphere on the plane of the equinoctial.

Nocturnal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.

2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.

Nocturnal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

Nocturnally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By night; nightly.

Nocturne [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.