night raven
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noun
a bird that cries in the night.
Nearby words
night nurse, night office, night owl, night palsy, night person, night raven, night robe, night safe, night school, night shift, night snake
Origin of night raven
before 900; Middle English; Old English nihthræfn, næhthræfn.
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Examples 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-DyerI had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.
The Ornithology of Shakespeare|James Edmund HartingBy 'raven,' the poet probably meant the night-raven, of which he had already spoken in Much Ado, ii.
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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