n. [ AS. dimness. ] 1. The state or quality &unr_; being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness. [ 1913 Webster ]