Dusk — Defs

01 a. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

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Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
“A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.” — Milton.

02 n. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

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Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.
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A darkish color.
“Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin.” — Dryden.

03 v. t. To make dusk.

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To make dusk.[Archaic]
“After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth.” — Holland.

04 v. i. To grow dusk.