“failing light”
14 fragments across 14 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 6 different families, from tabletop outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Assassin, has 1.
Dusk initial
- Dusklot
Dusk failing light + lot a lot drawn
failing light, a lot drawn
- Dusklicence
Dusk failing light + licence a licence granted
failing light, a licence granted
- Duskremit
Dusk failing light + remit a remit fulfilled
failing light, a remit fulfilled
Dusk initial
- Dusktheod
Dusk failing light + theod people
failing light people
- Duskrun
Dusk failing light + run secret
failing light secret
- Dusknoth
Dusk failing light + noth daring
failing light daring
Dusk initial
- Duskmoor
Dusk failing light + moor barren upland
failing light barren upland
- Dusksy
Dusk failing light + sy dear
failing light dear
- Duskvale
Dusk failing light + vale dale
failing light dale
Dusk initial
- Duskdew
Dusk failing light + dew morning wet
failing light morning wet
- Duskglimmer
Dusk failing light + glimmer flickering spark
failing light flickering spark
- Duskring
Dusk failing light + ring round band
failing light round band
Dusk initial
- Duskstubbing
Dusk failing light + stubbing stump clearing
failing light stump clearing
- Duskwillows
Dusk failing light + willows riverside trees
failing light riverside trees
- Dusksart
Dusk failing light + sart assarted land
failing light assarted land
dusk final
- Golden Dusk
Golden gleaming yellow + dusk failing light
gleaming yellow failing light
- Valiant Dusk
Valiant worthy + dusk failing light
worthy failing light
- Fable Dusk
Fable spoken tale + dusk failing light
spoken tale failing light
Dusk initial
- Duskgate
Dusk failing light + gate way through
failing light way through
- Dusksole
Dusk failing light + sole foot's base
failing light foot's base
- Duskknuckle
Dusk failing light + knuckle finger bone
failing light finger bone
Dusk initial
- Duskjaw
Dusk failing light + jaw biting bone
failing light biting bone
- Duskwhisper
Dusk failing light + whisper hushed voice
failing light hushed voice
- Duskheart
Dusk failing light + heart courage
failing light courage
Dusk initial
- Duskkey
Dusk failing light + key lock opener
failing light lock opener
- Duskpin
Dusk failing light + pin thin peg
failing light thin peg
- Dusksparrow
Dusk failing light + sparrow brown chirper
failing light brown chirper
Dusk initial
- Duskkin
Dusk failing light + kin house member
house member of the failing light
- Duskwhelp
Dusk failing light + whelp young beast
young beast of the failing light
- Duskline
Dusk failing light + line descent
descent of the failing light
Dusk initial
- Duskthrone
Dusk failing light + throne high seat
failing light high seat
- Duskquill
Dusk failing light + quill feather pen
failing light feather pen
- Duskvelvet
Dusk failing light + velvet shaggy pile
failing light shaggy pile
Dusk initial
- Duskpaid
Dusk failing light + paid settled up
settled up to the failing light
- Dusksworn
Dusk failing light + sworn oath-bound
oath-bound to the failing light
- Dusksealed
Dusk failing light + sealed closed under wax
closed under wax to the failing light
Dusk initial
- Duskkit
Dusk failing light + kit cub
failing light cub
- Duskleaf
Dusk failing light + leaf flat blade
failing light flat blade
- Dusksong
Dusk failing light + song sung call
failing light sung call
Dusk initial
- Duskscar
Dusk failing light + scar healed wound
failing light healed wound
- Duskbane
Dusk failing light + bane undoing
failing light undoing
- Duskson
Dusk failing light + son male child
failing light male child
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “failing light”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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