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ˈnight-shade2 [f. night n. + shade n.] 1. The shade or darkness of night.
1558T. Phaer æneid ii. E iv, Through the dark night shade her self she drew from sight. 1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie (1877) 164 Short was our sun-shine, but our night⁓shade long. 1839–52Bailey Festus 237 The day hath night-shade long. 1878Hardy Ret. Native vi. iv, The party drove off and vanished in the night-shades. †2. fig. A night-walker, a prostitute. Obs. rare—1.
1612Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb ii. ii, Here comes a night⁓shade. A gentlewoman-whore. |