Meaning of mirk | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic spelling of murk.

alt-of, archaic, uncountable

Examples

“The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits.”

“Outside the chapel in the weeping mirk a squire held his shield, another his helm, a groom walked his horse.”

“The English cries of the soldiers were answered in English by the Boers, and slouch hat or helmet dimly seen in the mirk was the only badge of friend or foe.”

“She disappeared into the gathering mirk.”

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