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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bivalve mollusk of the family Tellinidæ, Psammobia vespertina.
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Examples
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Tonight there'd been a broadcast that the Beast Men were in conclave at their ancient lodge on the setting-sun side of Sango Lobango.
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It was evening in Flushing, Queens, and the buildings got glowing in that setting-sun red.
The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007
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I like the mashed-potato clouds with all their setting-sun colors, and I love how the shadows go over the red on the train.
Red Train revised and Come to the Show! william wray 2007
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The strong effulgence which a setting-sun threw over the sea, shewing innumerable gaily painted ships, and fishing-boats returning from Santa Lucia into the port of Naples, had no longer power to cheer her.
The Italian 2004
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That is the May-flower, with its servants of the living God, their wives and little ones, hastening to lay the foundations of nations in the occidental lands of the setting-sun.
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He answered that he was the son of the great Wahconda, and had come from the lodge of his father (4), which lay among the high mountains towards the setting-sun.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The reverse represents the French fleet at anchor in Aboukir Bay, with the British fleet advancing to the attack; the fortified islands in the enemy's van; the four frigates moored within their line, to cover their flank; the gun-boats near the islands; the setting-sun; the coast of Egypt; the mouth of the Nile; and, the castle of Aboukir.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 James Harrison
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Many members of "G" Company turned to their right and marched towards the setting-sun, while some turned to their left and marched in the direction of China.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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The setting-sun god is worshipped equally by the two tribes.
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I heard our soldiers blessing a pale woman in black, with large eyes bluer than summer skies, and hair that shone like rays of a setting-sun; and I knew the silent, gentle, tireless watcher before they told her name.
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice Augusta Jane 1864
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