NIGHTFALL
NOUNS
► CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall → 1663
► CANDLELIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall → 1696 Amer. dial.
► CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall → 1746 Eng. dial.
► CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall → 1519
► CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall → 1613
► DAGSET nightfall, dusk → 1866 Sc.
► DARK NIGHT nightfall → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EARLY BLACK dusk, nightfall → 1930s African-American sl.
► EARLY BLUE dusk, nightfall → 1930s African-American sl.
► EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall → 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall → 1867 Sc.
► EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall → 1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► EVENING’S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall → 1785 Eng. & Amer. dial.
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