a.
His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. xx. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
Obscure rays (Opt.),
v. t.
They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]
And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
How! There's bad news.
I must obscure, and hear it. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Obscurity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an obscure manner. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Obscurity. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, obscures. [ 1913 Webster ]