dimness

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The Dimness of the Stars and other heavenly Bodies, is one of the surest Signs of very rainy Weather.

From The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience by Claridge, John

Only the mists, only the weeping clouds, Dimness and airy shrouds.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

Others, in their convalescent State, complained of such a Giddiness, and Lightness of the Head, that they could neither walk nor stand; others, of a Dimness of the Eyes.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

And observe, farther, that this comparative Dimness and Untraceableness of the thoughts which are the sources of our admiration, is not a fault in the thoughts, at such a time.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

Dimness in which gray rafters with wavering edges, rough posts each with an accessory of shadow, an old harness in grotesque loops, ceased to be background and assumed rôles.

From Christmas A Story by Solon, Leon V. (Leon Victor)