Midnight \Mid"night`\, n. [AS. midniht.] The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Midnight \Mid"night`\, a. Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. ``Midnight shout and revelry.'' --Milton.