midnight

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MID'NIGHT, noun The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. MID'NIGHT, adjective Being in the middle of the night; as midnight studies. 1. Dark as midnight; very dark; as midnight gloom.
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