Definition of "canescence" [canescence]

• A whitish or hoary color. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At noon the heat was terrible and all colour melted away, “with the canescence from above.”"
• "All colour melts away with the canescence from above."
• "As the sun at last sucked the last canescence from the valley air, the Cimmerian made his way to the spring that bubbled from a cleft not far from the camp."