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Webster 1913 Edition
Dusky
Dusk′y
,Adj.
1.
Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk;
as, a
. dusky
valleyThrough
dusky
lane and wrangling mart. Keble.
2.
Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright;
as, a
. dusky
brownBacon.
When Jove in
dusky
clouds involves the sky. Dryden.
The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and
dusky
grandeur. Hawthorne.
3.
Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
This
dusky
scene of horror, this melancholy prospect. Bentley.
4.
Intellectually clouded.
Though
dusky
wits dare scorn astrology. Sir P. Sidney.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dusky
DUSKY
,Adj.
1.
Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.A dusky torch.
2.
Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dusky brown.Dusky clouds.
3.
Gloomy; sad.This dusky scene of horror.
4.
Intellectually clouded; as a dusky sprite.