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sunsetting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sunset \Sun"set"\, Sunsetting \Sun"set`ting\, n. 1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. --Campbell. 2. Hence the region where the sun sets; the west. {Sunset shell} (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian marine bivalve ({Tellina radiata}) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also {rising sun}.
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