Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ghost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A (night-flying)
bat . - noun now literary A
ghost , an evil spirit. - noun Jamaica A large nocturnal
moth .
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Examples
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No, 'tis better to let one's thoughts dwell on the song of the nightingale than the voice of the night-bat; We fear too much, and hope too little; 'tis best to dwell in the sunlight while we may.
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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"I wait," Leh Shin's voice cracked and trembled, "and when the hour that is already written for thy destruction comes like the night-bat, it is I who shall proclaim it to thee; thus I have demanded, and thus it shall fall out."
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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