night-dewn.
/ˈnʌɪtdjuː/, /ˈnʌɪtdʒuː/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌd(j)u/ Dew that forms at night.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 228v Rype fruyte..beþ more heuy whan þey beþ y-wette wiþ þe night dewe [L. nocturno rore].
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. ii. 29 Sleeping Flowers, beneath the night-dew sweat.
1744 J. Warton Enthusiast 15 The little Fayes that dance in neighbouring Dales, Sipping the Night-dew, while they laugh and love, Shall charm me with aërial Notes.
a1788 W. J. Mickle Siege Marseilles (1794) i. i. 221 In times like these, beneath the open Sky, The Night dew dropping from his dangling Curls, The Soldier should out watch the peeping Stars Of chilly Dawn.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 414 Sleeping in the open air..while the serenadas, or night-dews, were gathering around him.
1907 J. Joyce Chamber Music xiv My dove, my beautiful one, Arise, arise! The night-dew lies Upon my lips and eyes.
1929 R. Jeffers Dear Judas in Coll. Poetry (1989) II. 14 There's the fig-tree..spreading his broad green hands Sweet with their night-dew to the new day.
1983 Guardian (Nexis) 24 July 20 The Archbishop of Canterbury, his dress sweeping the night dew from the grass, gave a garden party air to an already frantically social scene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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