Definition of "canescent" []

• Biology Covered with short, fine whitish or grayish hairs or down; hoary. (adjective)
• Turning white or grayish. (adjective)

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• "Indeed, after the canescent heat of the day, and the tossing of our ill-conditioned vessel, we should have been contented with lodgings far less luxurious."
• "Chapter XVIII In the canescent pre-dawn light Conan flattened himself on a narrow granite ledge as a file of hillmen rode by on a narrow path below, between steep walls."
• "In the canescent pre-dawn light Conan flattened himself on a narrow granite ledge as a file of hillmen rode by on a narrow path below, between steep walls."