Sunsetting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sunset \Sun"set"\, Sunsetting \Sun"set`ting\, n.
     1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time
        when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
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              'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.


                                                    --Campbell.
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     2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
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     {Sunset shell} (Zool.), a West Indian marine bivalve
        ({Tellina radiata}) having a smooth shell marked with
        radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at
        sunset or before sunrise; -- called also {rising sun}.
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