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twilight
in
Watership Down
(Edited)

The May sunset was red in clouds, and there was still half an hour to twilight.
p. 3.7

twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
"Hazel?" said Bigwig, sniffing at him in the deep twilight among the tree roots.
p. 10.1 *

twilight = the light at the time of day between daylight and darkness
Soon they were in a gray twilight and could see that the stream bordered the further edge of the wood.
p. 32.9

twilight = light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
The north-facing escarpment of Watership Down, in shadow since early morning, now caught the western sun for an hour before twilight.
p. 121.2

twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
To Hazel, it seemed a likely place for a weasel: or the white owl, perhaps, might fly along the escarpment at twilight, looking inward with its stony eyes, ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved.
p. 126.2
In the twilight a swift flew screaming overhead and Hazel turned to Dandelion.
p. 128.7

twilight = the light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
Twilight had fallen over the cornfield, for although long red rays still lit the upper down, the sun had set below.
p. 135.9
With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof.
p. 178.9
They reached the sheds in the twilight after sunset.
p. 211.4
In the livid, foggy twilight, Fiver stared at the board.
p. 227.1
The evening came on cold and misty, and well before twilight a fog came down thick.
p. 268.7

twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
Later that evening, in the last of the twilight, the rabbits came out and attacked King Darzin's soldiers.
p. 271.6

twilight = the light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
They went rather hesitantly down into the cutting, half expecting the fiery, thundering angel of Frith to appear out of the twilight; but the silence remained unbroken.
p. 288.8
In the thundery twilight, Blackavar looked more sick and dejected than ever.
p. 343.8
They fed among the dew and the long shadows, with twilight already fallen in the fields below.
p. 393.7
As soon as twilight fell and Thlayli and his rabbits had gone underground, they would come along the ridge and attack the warren.
p. 417.6

twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
The Efrafans had reached the hanger at early twilight and at once begun a search along the banks and among the trees to find out how big the warren was and where its holes were.
p. 422.4

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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

twilight in Watership Down (Edited)

twilight
in
Watership Down
(Edited)