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nighttide

American  
[nahyt-tahyd] / ˈnaɪtˌtaɪd /

noun

Literary.

  1. nighttime.

Etymology

Origin of nighttide

First recorded in 1845–50; night + tide 1

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And so all the nighttide I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In her sepulcher there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.

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