duskness, dusken esse, dusknesse

[Eng. dusk; -ne .] The quality or state of being dusk or somewhat dark; duskine . "Of satiety or fulne es be in gendered painful diseases and sickne es-great bleedings, cramps, duskne of sight."-Sir T. Elyot : Governor , 191 b. dŭs-kỹ, a . [Eng. dusk ; -v.] 1. Tending to darkne or duskine ; somewhat dark. "Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence." Milton: P. L., v. 667, 668. 2. Tending to blackne in color; somewhat or rather black. " Dusky they spread, a close embodied crowd, And o'er the vale descends the living cloud." Pope: Homer's Iliad , ii. 115, 116. 3. Pertaining to darkne or night. "[They] now pervade the dusky land of dreams." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xxiv. 18. 4. Dull, not bright. "The surface is of a dusky yellow color."-Woodward. 5. Gloomy, sad, dispiriting, depre ing. "While he continues in life, this dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect of final perdition, will frequently occur to his fancy." -Bentley: Sermons. 6. Gloomy, dispirited, melancholy. "Umbriel, a dusky , melancholy sprite." Pope : Rape of the Lock , iv. 13. pine, pit, sïre, sir, marine; gō, pot, Syrian. ae, IMG:content-0661.png:[blocks in formation] Ichthy.: A species of perch, Senanus gigas , belonging to the genus Senanus, found on the coasts of France and Spain and in the Mediterranean, where it sometimes reaches a weight of sixty pounds. The color of the back is a dark reddish-brown, becoming paler on the belly. Both jaws have very distinct canine teeth. dusky-sandaled, a. Having dark sandals. ( Fig. & Poet.) "The cowled and dusky -sandaled Eve, In mourning weeds, from out the western gate Departs with silent pace."