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Definition of Dusking
1. dusk [v] - See also: dusk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dusking
Literary usage of Dusking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"Large numbers are often killed by dusking.. Messrs. James Smith and John Verity,
... I have frequently practised dusking with far less success. ..."
2. The American Sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1906)
"When the weather is not severe and the ducks are plenty, "dusking" is an agreeable
pastime. Black ducks are very wary and sagacious; and it is necessary to ..."
3. Digest of the Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General, and of the by John Lambert Cadwalader, United States Dept. of Justice (1877)
"David's case, 8 Op., 215, dusking, (1856.) 44. Any competent magistrate may take
jurisdiction of a question of international extradition voluntarily; ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1894)
"dusking was tried in Beechen Lane and White- heath in the evening, but though
several Geometers were about, the result was still unsatisfactory. ..."
5. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"/i. /ii in the same position. From June 27th to July. 1st, dusking in the lanes
produced .W. /,un/>/. ..."
6. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1899)
"Bloomfield has caught the species by " dusking," and Burrows on sugared trees (not
at the sugar) as late as 11 pm Dillon also captured three specimens (2 2 ..."
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