Dimmet

W.] How, huſſey! ya confounded traſh ! Diſt remember whan tha wenſt out in tha Vuzzey-Park, in the deſk o' tha yeaveling, jeſt in tha dimmet, wi' tha young Humphry Hoſegood,–and how ha mullad and ſoulad about tha? Ha bed tha zet down;—and tha zedſt tha wudſt net, nif ha ded net blow tha down. Zo ha blow'd, and down tha valſt. Who ſhud be hard by (vor 'twas in tha dimmet) but tha ſquare's bealy;—and vorewey ha cry'd out that oll windvalls belongad to's meaſter.

AQUILA. Dewy dimmet!* silent hour! Welcome to our cottage bow'r ! […] BOTH. Dusky dimmet! dewy hour! Welcome to our lonely bow'r!

Rab. If I let thee go now, will meet me agen to morrow evening in the dimmet ? Bet. No. To-morrow morning at milking time I woll.

The ' dimmet ' was fast fading into dark night when the outbuildings of Watercombe were at length reached ; […]

But, perhaps, reflecting that cowardice, in any form, is disgraceful to a soldier, he jumped off his horse, and rang the bell with an energy that startled Mrs. Trelawney and Maude, as they sat pretending to sleep by the fire, “in the dimmets,” between daylight and candle-light; and elicited a vigorous “Lawk a mussey !”

In this village the word twilight is almost unknown. It is the “dimmets ” that describes the evening hour.

If it be moonlight, or dimmets (twilight), and I see the little silver tuft glitter above her head, then I shall know where her be.

" I suppose, sir, yu'Il give up they evening services to Torford now the nights be getting long?" […] " Can you see in the dark, Will? " " Ah, folks may laugh from hignorance ; but there's the dimmet, my dear, that's neither to zay light nor darkness, when they be abroad that's not living nor quite in their graves. […]"

‘I told you we’d get here by dimmet-time,’ Robin said with a smile in his eyes. ‘And we did,’ said Jenna, wondering why he was so amused. ‘This time of day is called “evening” in these parts, or sometimes “dusk”.’ ‘Not dimmet?’ ‘No. They’d probably think you meant dinner-time,’ he said, ‘so you'd get nothing to eat. Well, I did warn you!’ Jenna groaned at him but took the advice to heart.