4 entries under this word

Dusk

Dŭsk, a.

adjective

a. [Cf. L. Ger. duster, N. H. Ger. düster, D. duister, A-S. thystre, theóstre, O. Sax. thiustri; Russ. tusk, tarnish.] Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; darkish. “Dusk, yet clear.” Byron.

Dŭsk, n.

noun

n. 1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

Sense 2. A color partially black or dark.

Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin. Dryden.

Dŭsk, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To make dusky. [Obs.]

After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.

Dŭsk, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.