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sunsetting


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  'T  is  the  sunset  of  life  gives  me  mystical  lore. 
  --Campbell. 
 
  2.  Hence  the  region  where  the  sun  sets;  the  west. 
 
  {Sunset  shell}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}.