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Webster 1913 Edition

Twilight

Twi′lightˊ

,
Noun.
[OE.
twilight
, AS.
twi-
(see
Twice
) +
leóht
light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG.
twelecht
, G.
zwielicht
. See
Light
.]
1.
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 illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
2.
faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
As when the sun . . . from behind the moon,
In dim eclipse, disastrous
twilight
sheds.
Milton.
The
twilight
of probability.
Locke.

Twi′lightˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Seen or done by twilight.
Milton.
2.
Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
O'er the
twilight
groves and dusky caves.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Twilight

TWI'LIGHT

, n.
1.
The faint light which is reflected upon the earth after sunset and before sunrise; crepuscular light. In latitudes remote from the equator, the twilight is of much longer duration than at and near the equator.
2.
Dubious or uncertain view; as the twilight or probability.

TWI'LIGHT

,
Adj.
Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; shaded.
O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves.
1.
Seen or done by twilight.

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