TWILIGHT

1Sa 30:17; 2Ki 7:5; Job 3:9; Eze 12:6

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twilight. Twilight, n. a light before and after the sun is seen

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Twi″light′ (?), n. [[OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see Twice) + leóht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See Light.]] 1. 1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18° 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.
2. 2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim eclipse. disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. The twilight of probability. Locke.