Obs. rare–1. [f. BY prep. + NIGHT.] ? A letter dispatched by the night post.
1766. Entick, London, IV. 295. There is … a clerk of the by-nights, and his assistant.
Obs. rare–1. [f. BY prep. + NIGHT.] ? A letter dispatched by the night post.
1766. Entick, London, IV. 295. There is … a clerk of the by-nights, and his assistant.
