mirk

/ mɜːk /

noun

1. a variant spelling of murk 1

Derived Forms

• ˈmirkily, adverb
• ˈmirkiness, noun
• ˈmirky, adjective

Example Sentences

Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk,”2 said I. “I canna see the bed.

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Sae speaking, he sped rath frae the bield, and was sune lost i' the glunch shadows o' the mirk night.

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Light—to vivify the stifling air, which died as this man was dying—as I should die—in blinding mirk!

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The gigantic elevators and other harbour buildings stood mistily in this inferno, their heads clear and sinister above the mirk.

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As he rode the mirk of the smoke became denser, until his eyes were smarting and his lungs choking.

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