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ashen light

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noun

Astronomy.

  1. a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.

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Rousing at last from a heavy dreamless sleep the judge was aware of a faint impalpable light in his room, the ashen light of a dull October dawn.

From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan

At noon there was no sunshine, only a wan, ashen light that suffused the sky.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

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