English Dictionary: dusk | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for dusk | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dusk \Dusk\, a. [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower. [?][?][?].] Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dusk \Dusk\, n. 1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening. 2. A darkish color. Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dusk \Dusk\, v. t. 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dusk \Dusk\, v. i. To grow dusk. [R.] --Chaucer. |