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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
twilight \twi"light`\, a.
   1. seen or done by twilight. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
      1913 webster

            o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. --pope.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
twilight \twi"light`\, n. oe. twilight, as. twi- see twice
   + le'oht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light;
   cf. lg. twelecht, g. zwielicht. see light.
   1913 webster
   1. the light perceived before the rising, and after the
      setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18deg
      below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the
      earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their
      reflection on the earth.
      1913 webster

   2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which
      anything is viewed.
      1913 webster

            as when the sun . . . from behind the moon,
            in dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --milton.
      1913 webster

            the twilight of probability.          --locke.
      1913 webster
see also:
twice light 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
twilight
     adj : lighted by or as if by twilight; "the dusky night rides down
           the sky/and ushers in the morn"-henry fielding; "the
           twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
           syn: dusky, twilighta, twilit
     n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
          twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
          syn: dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall,
           crepuscule, crepuscle
     2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the
        horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of
        the earth
     3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight
        of the empire"
see also:
dusky twilighta twilit dusk gloaming nightfall 
evenfall fall crepuscule crepuscle 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
81 moby thesaurus words for "twilight":
   afterglow, alpenglow, aurora, bad light, brown of dusk, brownness,
   candlelight, candlelighting, cocklight, crepuscular, crepuscule,
   dark, darkening, darkish, darkishness, darkling, darksome,
   darksomeness, dawnlight, deadness, decay, declination, decline,
   dim, dim light, diminution, dimming, dimness, dimpsy, downturn,
   drabness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, duskingtide, duskness, dusky,
   ebb, end, evening, evensong, eventide, first light, flatness,
   foredawn, gloam, gloaming, glooming, gloomy, glow, half-light,
   lack of sparkle, lackluster, lifelessness, limbo, lusterlessness,
   mat, mat finish, morning twilight, murk, murkiness, nightfall,
   obscure, owllight, partial darkness, semidark, shadowy, shady,
   slump, somberness, sundown, sunset, sunsetty, the small hours,
   twilight zone, twilighty, vesper, vespertine, wane, waning,
   weakening




[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
twilight, pa borough, fips 78008
  location: 40.11432 n, 79.89052 w
  population 1990: 252 112 housing units
  area: 4.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
twilight, pa -- u.s. borough in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    241
   housing units 2000: 103
   land area 2000:     1.607736 sq. miles 4.164016 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.607736 sq. miles 4.164016 sq. km
   fips code:            78008
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             40.114307 n, 79.890369 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    twilight, pa
    twilight



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