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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIGHT , that See also:

part of the natural See also:day of twenty-four See also:hours during which the See also:sun is below the See also:horizon, the dark part of the day from sunset to sunrise (see DAY). The word in O. Eng. takes two forms, neaht and night, the latter See also:form apparently being established by about the loth See also:century. The word is See also:common in varying forms to Indo-See also:European See also:languages. The See also:root is usually taken to be nak-, to perish, the word meaning the See also:time when the See also:light fails (cf. Gr. 4icos, See also:Lat. nex, See also:death, nocere, to hurt). It was customary to reckon periods of time by nights, and we still use " fortnight " (O. Eng. feowertyne niht, fourteen nights), but " se'n-night " (seven nights) has been displaced by " See also:week " (q.v.).

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