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mirken

verbtime

to grow dark; turn to dusk

to become dark; of daylight or the sky, to turn to dusk

Example in use

Da sky'll mirken afore lang.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/MIR-kin/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutralalso: darken

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