Both Uses of "twilight" in "To Build a Fire"

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Both Uses

twilight
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To Build a Fire
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The brief day drew to a close in a long, slow twilight.
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twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness (in this case, just after sunset, but in other usage, it could be just before sunrise)
As the twilight drew on, its eager yearning for the fire mastered it, and with a great lifting and shifting of forefeet, it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in anticipation of being chidden by the man.†

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(1) (twilight as in: pink clouds in a twilight sky)
the time of day between daylight and darkness (just after sunset or just before sunrise); or the light from the sky at that time
(2) (twilight as in: the twilight of her career)
a condition of decline following successes
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, twilight can refer to