释义 |
dimmit s.w. dial.|ˈdɪmɪt| Also 8 dimmet. [f. dim a.] Dusk, twilight.
1746Exmoor Scolding (E.D.S.) 42 In the Desk o' tha Yeaveling, just in tha Dimmet. Ibid. Gloss., Dimmet..the Dusk of the Evening..the evening twilight. 1859E. Capern Ball. & Songs 132, I, with my arms, in the dimmit of day, Will snare the bold son of the sea. 1879G. Macdonald P. Faber III. xiv. 237 He likes his little ones to tell their fancies in the dimmits about the nursery fire. |