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DUSKEST
Adjective
duskest
superlative form of dusk: most dusk
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DUSK
Dusk, a. Etym: [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower.
Definition: Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. Milton.
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.
Dusk, v. t.
Definition: 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.
Dusk, v. i.
Definition: To grow dusk. [R.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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