mirk

Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk,”2 said I. “I canna see the bed.

Sae speaking, he sped rath frae the bield, and was sune lost i' the glunch shadows o' the mirk night.

Light—to vivify the stifling air, which died as this man was dying—as I should die—in blinding mirk!

The gigantic elevators and other harbour buildings stood mistily in this inferno, their heads clear and sinister above the mirk.

As he rode the mirk of the smoke became denser, until his eyes were smarting and his lungs choking.