| night shift | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked |
| 2. | the period worked |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |