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murkness, mirkness|ˈmɜːknɪs|
[f. murk a. + -ness.]
a. Darkness. lit. and fig. (now only Sc.).
b. Intense darkness caused by vapour or smoke; murkiness (rare).
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3104 Miȝte non egipcien Abuten him for mirknesse sen. a1300Cursor M. 15860 Nu er yee cummen to tak me, Als in mercknes o night. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 141 In menynge þat man shal fro meorknesse beo drawe. c1400Destr. Troy 13159 A myst & a merknes mynget wit rayn. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 28 That ilke myrknes, of the quhilk the sternis was blekkit. 1581N. Burne Disput. Ep. Ded. a iv b, The Ministeris of mirknes. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Club) II. 310 So they pairt, the ane army fra the uther, throw mirknes of nicht. 1849Reverberations i. 16 Thro' the mist and thro' the murkness Travels the great human soul. 1889Skrine Mem. E. Thring 158 Four legs and a tail were heaved into the mirkness. |