Definition of dark

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Dark (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion..

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Brownstone :: Brownstone (n.) A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes..
Murrey :: Murrey (n.) A dark red color.
Zain :: Zain (n.) A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots..
Picrite :: Picrite (n.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc..
Dun :: Dun (v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance..
Black-faced :: Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect..
Nigrosine :: Nigrosine (n.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue..
Imbrown :: Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure..
Overcast :: Overcast (v. t.) To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken..
Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Sissoo :: Sissoo (n.) A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc..
Darkish :: Darkish (a.) Somewhat dark; dusky.
Pintos :: Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
Erebus :: Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II., line 883..
Mahori :: Mahori (n.) One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.
Cerargyrite :: Cerargyrite (n.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver)..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..
Murk :: Murk (a.) Dark; murky.
Dark :: Dark (n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Darkening :: Darkening (n.) Twilight; gloaming.
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