render dim &c. adj.; dim, bedim[obs3], obscure; darken, tone down. 
     Adj. dim, dull, lackluster, dingy, darkish, shorn of its beams, dark
421.
     faint, shadowed forth; glassy; cloudy; misty &c. (opaque) 426; blear;
muggy|, fuliginous[obs3]; nebulous, nebular; obnubilated[obs3], overcast, crepuscular, muddy, lurid, leaden, dun, dirty; looming &c. v.
     pale &c. (colorless) 429; confused &c. (invisible) 447.

     #423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary. —­ N. luminary;
light &c. 420; flame &c. (fire) 382. spark, scintilla; phosphorescence, fluorescence.
     sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo[obs3], Aurora; star, orb; meteor,
falling star, shooting star; blazing star, dog star, Sirius; canicula, Aldebaran[obs3]; constellation, galaxy; zodiacal light; anthelion[obs3]; day star, morning star; Lucifer; mock sun, parhelion; phosphor, phosphorus; sun dog|!; Venus.
     aurora, polar lights; northern lights, aurora borealis; southern
lights, aurora australis.
     lightning; chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer
lightning; ball lightning, kugelblitz [German];
     [chemical substances giving off light without burning] phosphorus,
yellow phosphorus; scintillator, phosphor; firefly luminescence.
     ignis fatuus[Lat]; Jack o’lantern, Friar’s lantern; will-o’-the-wisp,
firedrake[obs3], Fata Morgana[Lat]; Saint Elmo’s fire.
     [luminous insects] glowworm, firefly, June bug, lightning bug.
     [luminous fish] anglerfish.
     [Artificial light] gas; gas light, lime light, lantern,
lanthorn[obs3]; dark lantern, bull’s-eye; candle, bougie[Fr], taper, rushlight; oil &c. (grease) 356; wick, burner; Argand[obs3], moderator, duplex; torch, flambeau, link, brand; gaselier[obs3], chandelier, electrolier[obs3], candelabrum, candelabra, girandole[obs3], sconce, luster, candlestick.
     [non-combustion based light sources] lamp, light; incandescent lamp,
tungsten bulb, light bulb; flashlight, torch[Brit]; arc light; laser; maser [microwave radiation]; neon bulb, neon sign; fluorescent lamp.
     [parts of a light bulb] filament; socket; contacts; filler gas.
     firework, fizgig[obs3]; pyrotechnics; rocket, lighthouse &c. (signal)
550. 
     V. illuminate &c. (light) 420. 
     Adj. self-luminous, glowing; phosphoric|!, phosphorescent,
fluorescent; incandescent; luminescent, chemiluminescent; radiant &c. (light) 420. 
     Phr. “blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels”
[Longfellow]; “the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky” [Campbell]; “the planets in their station list’ning stood” [Paradise Lost]; “the Scriptures of the skies” [Bailey]; “that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from night” [Twelfth Night].