Dialect England; evening twilight. cock-shut

Twilight.

A state of diffused or dim illumination; SYN. twilight.

Twilight.

Period between sunset and full night; dusk.

The close of day; evening. night-fall

ETYM Old Eng. shade, shadewe, schadewe, as. sceadu, scead; akin to os. skado, Dutch schaduw, Old High Germ. scato, (gen. scatewes), German schatten, Goth. skadus, Irish and Gael. sgath, and probably to Greek skotos darkness. Cf. Shadow, Shed a hat.
1. A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; SYN. tint, tincture, tone.
2. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; SYN. shadiness, shadowiness.
3. Something that protects from direct sunlight. + prikaži više

1. Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun.
2. The daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon.
3. The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon; SYN. sundown.

ETYM Old Eng. twilight, as. twi- (see Twice) + leóht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. lg. twelecht, German zwielicht. Related to Light.
1. A condition of decline following successes.
2. The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
3. The time of day immediately following sunset; SYN. dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall.
Period of faint light that precedes sunrise and follows sunset, caused by the reflection of light from the upper layers of the atmosphere. The limit of twilight is usually regarded as being when the Sun is 18ş below the horizon. The length of twilight depends on the latitude—at the tropics, it only lasts a few minutes; near the poles, it may last all night. + prikaži više