n. [ AS. glōm twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson . [ 1913 Webster ]
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ This weary day ] . . . at last I see it gloom. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such a mood as that which lately gloomed
Your fancy. Tennison. [ 1913 Webster ]
What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. partially or totally dark. [ archaic ]
adv. In a gloomy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being gloomy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Gloaming. ] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming. [ 1913 Webster ]
When the faint glooming in the sky
First lightened into day. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Gloom. [ R. ] Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.