NIGH
Nigh, v. t. & i.
Defn: To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] Wyclif
(Matt. iii. 2).
NIGH
Nigh, prep.
Defn: Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh shore"
Shak.
NIGHLY
Nigh"ly, adv.
Defn: In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost. [Obs.] A cube and a sphere … nighly of the same bigness. Locke.
NIGHNESS
Nigh"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being nigh. [R.] "Nighness of blood."
Holished.
NIGHT
Night, n. Etym: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht,
OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts,
Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr.
nakta, nakti. sq. root 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5.