Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The early part of the night, from dark until bedtime; evening.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. The evening between twilight and bedtime.

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Examples

  • And one thing there was that I perceived held the Lady Mirdath all that dear fore-night; and this was, indeed, the way that I had my pleasure so easy with the three foot-pads.

    The Night Land 2007

  • And one thing there was that I perceived held the Lady Mirdath all that dear fore-night; and this was, indeed, the way that I had my pleasure so easy with the three foot-pads.

    The Night Land: Chapter 1 1912

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