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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bright are, or twilight are, when first seen near the eastern horizon opposite the sun just before sunset, due to sunlight reflected from the illuminated portion of the atmosphere. The twilight are rises, as the sun sinks lower, and eventually passes westward over the zenith.

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