night raven

noun

a bird that cries in the night.

Origin of night raven

before 900; Middle English; Old English nihthræfn,næhthræfn.

Words nearby night raven

night nurse, night office, night owl, night palsy, night person, night raven, nightrider, night robe, nights, night safe, nightscape

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Example sentences from the Web for night raven

Benedick observes to himself: I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.
Folk-lore of Shakespeare|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.
The Ornithology of Shakespeare|James Edmund Harting
By 'raven,' the poet probably meant the night-raven, of which he had already spoken in Much Ado, ii.
The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays|Thomas Keightley
In some parts both of England and Ireland it is known as the Night-raven, and under that title is held in the greatest fear.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood

British Dictionary definitions for night raven

night raven

noun

poetic any bird, esp the night heron, that is most active at night

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单词	night raven
释义	night raven noun a bird that cries in the night. Origin of night raven before 900; Middle English; Old English nihthræfn,næhthræfn. Words nearby night raven night nurse, night office, night owl, night palsy, night person, night raven, nightrider, night robe, nights, night safe, nightscape Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for night raven Benedick observes to himself: I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it. Folk-lore of Shakespeare\|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it. The Ornithology of Shakespeare\|James Edmund Harting By 'raven,' the poet probably meant the night-raven, of which he had already spoken in Much Ado, ii. The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays\|Thomas Keightley In some parts both of England and Ireland it is known as the Night-raven, and under that title is held in the greatest fear. Bible Animals;\|J. G. Wood British Dictionary definitions for night raven night raven noun poetic any bird, esp the night heron, that is most active at night Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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