† noctivaˈgation Obs.
[f. nocti- + vagation.]
Wandering or rambling by night, as an unlawful or prohibited practice subject to a fine.
| 1632 Marmion Holland's Leaguer iv. iii, No farther than to prison, where you shall pay But forty shillings for noctivagation. 1637 Abp. Laud Wks. (1853) V. 164 You shall do well to have a care of noctivagation and other disorders. 1678 Wood Life 25 Apr. II. 403 The townsmen acknowledge 6s. 8d. to be paid for noctivagation,..but not 40s. |
b. In general use.
| 1645 Howell Twelve Treat. (1661) 337 Thus have you a rough account of a rambling Noctivagation up and down the world. 1654 Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xv. 253 When upon the entrance of his adventures this vertigo of noctivagation, and watching his Armes, seized him. |