Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Witching
It draws near to witching time of night.
Blair.—The Grave, Line 55.
’Tis now the very witching time of night;
When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. (Hamlet alone.)