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ˈnight-gear
[f. night n. + gear n.]
1. = night-clothes. † Also pl.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 235 Havynge nothyng upon hym, but his cloke caste aboute hym, and hys nyghte gere. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iii. viii. 179 Taking out my night-geare, he..placed mee in the Ship. c1645Howell Lett. I. v. vii, The Dutches..came in her night-geers from her Bed-Chamber. 1847Lytton Lucretia (1853) 346 She stood in her long night-gear on the floor. 1861All Year Round V. 13 The young Duke haled the old Duke..Thus, in his night gear, down the turret stair.
†2. Liquor for night-drinking. Obs. rare—1.
1592Nashe Pierce Penniless Wks. (Grosart) II. 79 Thou that vsest to drinke nothing but scalding lead and sulphur in hell, thou are not so greedie of thy night-geare. |