That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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Twilight.
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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
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The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
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Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
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Beginning of evening.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
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Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
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The close of the day.
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A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…
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The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illum…
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The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…
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of Even
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The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
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The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.
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