forenight
(ˈfɔənaɪt)
[f. fore- adv. and prep.]
† 1. The previous night. Obs.
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 66, I that in forenight was with no weapon agasted, Now shiuer at shaddows. |
2. Sc. The evening, the interval between twilight and bed-time.
| 1513 Douglas æneis ix. vi. 63 Serranus That all the fornycht in ryot..had spendit. 1810 Cromek's Rem. Nithsdale Song 299 We kent nae but it was drunken fowk riding to the fair, i' the fore night. 1865 G. Macdonald A. Forbes xvi. 67 There were long forenights to favour the plot. |