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gloaming(dictionary)

gloaming (iou)



gloaming noun.
[Old English glomung from glom twilight, prob. from Germanic base of GLOW verb1.]
Evening twilight. OE.
S. Donaldson Before the gloaming had thickened into darkness. fig.: J. M. Barrie The help..needed in the gloaming of their lives.
Morning twilight. rare. M19.
Comb.: gloaming-shot (a) a shot made in the twilight; (b) the beginning of twilight; gloaming sight (a) an indistinct view; (b) a front gun-sight for use in twilight.
? From LME, chiefly Scot. In general literary use from E19.