Hypertext Webster Gateway: "darkling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Darkling \Dark"ling\, adv. [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.]
In the dark. [Poetic]
So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling.
--Shak.
As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Darkling \Dark"ling\, p. pr. & a.
1. Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me.
--Thackeray.
2. Dark; gloomy. ``The darkling precipice.'' --Moore.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
darkling
adj 1: uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling
glance"; "secret operatives and darkling
conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish
2: (poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling
journey"
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