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▪ I. darkening, vbl. n.|ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. The action of making or becoming dark.
1584Bagford Coll. No. 81 lf. 20 A great and totall Eclipse, or darkenyng of the Moone vnto xvi. poyntes. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 348 Necessity can do much to the darkening of the understanding. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. vii. 144 The..darkening or blackening of the glands.
2. Nightfall, dusk. Sc.
1814Scott Wav. lxiii, It's near the darkening, sir. 1865Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 296 The cock is shut up..from darkening till after our breakfast.
▪ II. ˈdarkening, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
Becoming or making dark.
1725Pope Odyss. ix. 213 A lonely cave..with dark'ning lawrels covered o'er. 1800Herschel in Phil. Trans. XC. 280 To try an application of the darkening apparatus to another part of the telescope. 1873Black Pr. Thule 6 Peaks..still darker than the darkening sky. |