'The evening star' definitions:
Definition of 'The evening star'
From: GCIDE
- Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve.]
- 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [1913 Webster]
- In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening Prayer." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants (Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening.
- Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird (Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening.
- Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
- The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See Morning Star. [1913 Webster]