semilucent

In front of them the sky now showed itself of a reddish – yellow, like a slice of some semilucent stone behind which a lamp burnt, while a fringe of black trees with distinct branches stood against the light, which was obscured in one direction by a hump of earth, in all other directions the land lying flat to the very verge of the sky.

Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf 2004

Lefcara; _caistas_, golden and delicious, emitting a fragrance of glorified nectarine that rivalled the perfume of the wine itself; pomegranates -- the gift of a goddess to the thirsty Cyprian land, planted, as was well known, by the royal hand of Aphrodite herself, each fruit holding a fair refreshment for a torrid Cyprian day in its sparkling, semilucent, ruby pulp: ortolans from the sea-coast, steeped in wine.

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

We cooked supper early and rowed on silently over the mirroring waters, between two vast sheets of stars, through a semilucent immensity.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

In front of them the sky now showed itself of a reddish-yellow, like a slice of some semilucent stone behind which a lamp burnt, while a fringe of black trees with distinct branches stood against the light, which was obscured in one direction by a hump of earth, in all other directions the land lying flat to the very verge of the sky.

Night and Day 1920

She spoke the last words looking up at Rodney's windows, which were a semilucent red color, in her honor, as she knew.

Night and Day 1920

Rodney’s windows, which were a semilucent red color, in her honor, as she knew.

Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf 2004