#126. Evening. [Midnight.] -- N. evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting[obs]; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime.
afternoon, postmeridian, p.m.
autumn; fall, fall of the leaf; autumnal equinox; Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer.
midnight; dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night; winter; killing time.
Adj. vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal.
Phr. "midnight, the outpost of advancing day" [Longfellow]; "sable- vested Night" [Milton]; "this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd" [Young].