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Definition of Noctuary
1. n. A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.
Definition of Noctuary
1. Noun. A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Noctuary
1. a diary for night jottings [n NOCTUARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctuary
Literary usage of Noctuary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of Mechanics: Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive by Olinthus Gregory (1826)
"WATCHMAN'S noctuary, the name given to an instrument lately contrived to remedy
a great defect in an important branch of the police of great cities, ..."
2. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1803)
"Specification of the Patent granted to SAMUEL DAY, of Charter-house, Hinton, in
the County of Somerset, Esquire; for a Watchman's noctuary, ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1894)
"Among many other extravagancies, I find it recorded of that impostor, In my noctuary.
As the late Mr. JE I find it recorded of the imposter. ..."
4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1848)
"Another source of error in the old noctuary is this, that the watchman can have
access to the machinery by means of false keys, and by this means cause the ..."
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