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▪ I. ˈnight-long, a. and adv.
[f. night n. + long a. Cf. OE. nihtlǫng, -lang; MHG. nahtlanc (G. nachtlang), ON. náttlangt adv.]
A. adj. That lasts or has lasted the whole night. Also fig.
1850Tennyson In Mem. lxxi, Thou hast forged at last A nightlong Present of the Past. 1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 42 Swelled the deep tide of life back from its night⁓long ebb. 1876Ouida Winter City vii, They returned to their night-long baccarat.
B. adv. All night; during the whole night.
1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 13 But night-long their ship lay..by the blossoms sweet. 1885C. J. Lyall Anc. Arab. Poet. 82 Nightlong as we sat there.
▪ II. † ˈnight-long(s, adv. Obs. rare.
[See -longs.]
For the space of a night.
c1000ælfric Gen. xix. 2 Ic bidde eow, leof, þæt ᵹe ᵹecirron to minum huse and þær wunion nihtlanges. c1205Lay. 15504 Þe wal þe wes swa strong ne moste nihtlonges [c 1275 nih longe] nauere..istonden. |