twilight

• More hidden forms of two occur in twilight, zwieback, between, and betwixt, in which twi, zwie, tween, and twixt all mean ` two. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
• Thus, twilight is literally the ` time of two lights: the fading sunset and the emerging light of the moon and stars 'while the root sense of zwieback is ` twice baked.' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
• A man was never voted to be Master of his Crafthall unless he had more than a glorious baritone voice to recommend him to his fellow Masters. —  Nerilka's Story
• Ivan, the name of the Fourth Evangelist, the one beloved of the Lord. —  Enchantment
• Diogenes tried it, but pronounced it rather too much like candles to be very palatable south of Labrador or Kamtschatka Supper over, the sun had set, and the only work that remained for the twilight was the gathering of the fuel to feed the fires during the coming night Daylight faded away, the moon rose, and the gay chat by the fireside being exhausted, a silence, profound, and unbroken save by the crackling flames, fell upon the quiet, gray old forest. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

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