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Topics referred to by the same term
Dark current may refer to: Dark current (biochemistry), the depolarizing current, carried by Na+ ions that flows into a photoreceptor cell when unstimulated
Dark_current
Weak electric current generated by photosensitive devices in pure darkness
In physics and in electronic engineering, dark current is the relatively small electric current that flows through photosensitive devices such as a photomultiplier
Dark_current_(physics)
Dark current spectroscopy is a technique that is used to determine contaminants in silicon.[how?] McColgin, W.C. (1992), Dark current quantization in
Dark_current_spectroscopy
Type of neuroepithelial cell
other nerve cells is usually −65 mV). This depolarization current is often known as dark current. The photoreceptors (rods and cones) transmit to the bipolar
Photoreceptor_cell
American horror anthology series
Into the Dark is an American horror anthology television series produced for Hulu, with each stand-alone episodic installment—labeled as television films—based
Into_the_Dark_(TV_series)
Shape and size of a digital camera's image sensor
{\displaystyle t} is the exposure time, D {\displaystyle D} is the pixel dark current in electrons per second and N r {\displaystyle N_{r}} is the pixel read
Image_sensor_format
Digital imaging circuit since 1970
photodetector structure with low lag, low noise, high quantum efficiency and low dark current. It was first publicly reported by Teranishi and Ishihara with A. Kohono
Charge-coupled_device
Converts light into current
total current through the photodiode is the sum of the dark current (current that is passed in the absence of light) and the photocurrent, so the dark current
Photodiode
Process by which light activates retinal cells
cGMP-gated sodium channels open allowing a steady inward current, called the dark current. This dark current keeps the cell depolarized at about −40 mV, leading
Visual_phototransduction
Digital imaging calibration technique
consists of two numbers for each pixel, the pixel's gain and its dark current (or dark frame). The pixel's gain is how the amount of signal given by the
Flat-field_correction
Method of reducing image noise in long-exposure photographs
components of image noise that remain the same from one shot to the next, dark current and fixed-pattern noise. Noise from the image sensor include hot pixels
Dark-frame_subtraction
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book company. These are the ongoing and current limited series publications it has released under its own brand
List of Dark Horse Comics publications
List_of_Dark_Horse_Comics_publications
Fast, high sensitivity, low noise electronic photon detector
A photomultiplier will produce a small current even without incident photons; this is called the dark current. Photon-counting applications generally
Photomultiplier_tube
Hypothetical invisible cosmic material
8% dark matter, and 68.2% a form of energy known as dark energy. Thus, dark matter constitutes 85% of the total mass, while dark energy and dark matter
Dark_matter
2012 film by Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with
The_Dark_Knight_Rises
2026 video game
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a 2026 action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Games. It is the fourth
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Lego_Batman:_Legacy_of_the_Dark_Knight
2022 American crime/psychological thriller television series
Dark Winds is an American psychological thriller television series created by Graham Roland. Based on the Leaphorn & Chee novel series by Tony Hillerman
Dark_Winds
Directional mass flow of oceanic water
An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect
Ocean_current
2017 German science-fiction television series
Dark is a German science-fiction mystery thriller television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020
Dark_(TV_series)
Plasma formed by passage of current through gas
Depending on the amount of current passing through the gas, the ionization occurs by one of three different mechanisms: dark discharge, glow discharge
Glow_discharge
Minneapolis-based folk rock band
Dark Dark Dark is an American folk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. To date, they have released three albums: The Snow Magic (2008), Wild Go (2010), and
Dark_Dark_Dark
Digital image taken with no exposure to capture sensor noise
from dark current) within the sensor itself. A bias frame is complementary to a dark frame, which has a charge integration time but in darkness. Since
Bias_frame
Type of electronic noise
(photons/pixel/second), QE = quantum efficiency, t = integration time (seconds), Nd = dark current (electrons/pixel/sec), Nr = read noise (electrons). In optics, shot noise
Shot_noise
Surface which converts light into electrons via the photoelectric effect
1929. Sensitivity from 300 nm to 1200 nm. Since Ag-O-Cs has a higher dark current than more modern materials, photomultiplier tubes with this photocathode
Photocathode
Topics referred to by the same term
Pacific Ocean Black Currents, album by Rachel Sermanni Dark current (physics), the electric current that flows through a photosensitive device when no photons
Black Current (disambiguation)
Black_Current_(disambiguation)
Offensive personality types
The dark triad is a psychological construct of personality traits, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, that describes the
Dark_triad
Theoretical cosmological structure
lensing. Dark matter halos play a key role in current models of galaxy formation and evolution. Theories that attempt to explain the nature of dark matter
Dark_matter_halo
Upcoming film by Cyrus Nowrasteh
Dark Horse is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Nowrasteh, based on a story
Dark_Horse_(2026_film)
Style of progressive politics coined in 2025
fine – maybe great.” Dark woke is the progressive left's attempt at mimicking this strategic attitude, contending that the current political climate calls
Dark_Woke
patented by the Sony Corporation. HAD devices function by reducing dark current that occur in the absence of light falling on the imager for noise reduction
Hole_accumulation_diode
Highly sensitive semiconductor electronic device
charge carriers; and total leakage current, which is the sum of the dark current, photocurrent and noise. Electronic dark-noise components are series and
Avalanche_photodiode
American medical researcher
retirement in 2007. Hagins and colleagues made the seminal discovery of the dark current in photoreceptor cells. This finding became central to understanding
William_A._Hagins
Visible interference in an image
from the dark leakage current in the image sensor; this noise is sometimes known as "dark shot noise" or "dark-current shot noise". Dark current is greatest
Image_noise
lack graphic sheeting technology that would make them visible in the dark. Current plates are made with aluminum and incorporated visual updates as well
Vehicle registration plates of the Northwest Territories
Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Northwest_Territories
Energy driving the accelerated expansion of the universe
feature of most current models of the Big Bang. However, inflation must have occurred at a much higher energy density than the dark energy we observe
Dark_energy
1880s-1890s electric power transmission system dispute
The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early
War_of_the_currents
Series by Stephen King
The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. Incorporating themes from multiple
The_Dark_Tower_(series)
Environmental organization focused on light pollution
neighbor's yard and windows). DarkSky is the first and currently the largest organization in the dark-sky movement. DarkSky's principal approach is to
DarkSky_International
Sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy
current of a photodetector divided by the current directly produced by the photons incident on the detectors, i.e., the built-in current gain. Dark current:
Photodetector
Nigerian physicist
"Low dark current photodetector - US Patent 5880482 Abstract". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-11-08. "Low dark current photodetector
Ilesanmi_Adesida
had a problem with dark current induced noise due to varying temperatures caused by differences in heat flux from the light and dark side of the Moon.
SIR-2
1982 film by Jim Henson, Frank Oz
The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, produced by Gary Kurtz and Henson, with a screenplay by David Odell
The_Dark_Crystal
Anti-democratic, reactionary philosophy
The Dark Enlightenment, also called the Neo-Reactionary movement (abbreviated to NRx), is an anti-democratic, anti-egalitarian, and reactionary philosophical
Dark_Enlightenment
L. Staebler and Christopher R. Wronski in 1977. They showed that the dark current and photoconductivity of hydrogenated amorphous silicon can be reduced
Staebler–Wronski_effect
Extremely sensitive solid-state photodetector
Gamma-ray Transients Monitor, the first astronomical satellite by Taiwan. Dark current is typically much higher at a given temperature than a PMT. Thus, a SiPM
Silicon_photomultiplier
2021 video game
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is a 2021 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology:_House_of_Ashes
Last visible crescent of waning moon
depending on its ecliptic latitude. In current astronomical usage, the new moon occurs in the middle of this dark period, when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction
Dark_moon
Type of amusement ride
A dark ride—or ghost train when horror themed—is an indoor amusement ride on which passengers aboard guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes
Dark_ride
Insulating region in a semiconductor
bands, bend in response to this potential. Capacitance voltage profiling Dark current (physics) Metal–oxide–semiconductor structure Semiconductor diodes Robert
Depletion_region
Hypothetical type of dark matter in physics
In cosmology and physics, cold dark matter (CDM) is a hypothetical type of dark matter. According to the current standard model of cosmology, the Lambda-CDM
Cold_dark_matter
2019 video game
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is a 2019 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology:_Man_of_Medan
Hypothesized galaxy with no, or very few, stars
on to say, "In our current theory of galaxy formation, we believe that big galaxies form from the merger of smaller galaxies. Dark galaxies bring to big
Dark_galaxy
Family of transport proteins
so that it depolarizes beyond the dark current. Through a positive feedback loop, this would then increase the current of Ca2+ into the cell. High concentration
Cyclic nucleotide–gated ion channel
Cyclic_nucleotide–gated_ion_channel
these occurrences typically also fall within scripted storylines. WWE currently divides its roster between four brands, and there is also a non-exclusive
List of current champions in WWE
List_of_current_champions_in_WWE
Tourism involving travel to sites associated with death and tragedy
Current Issues in Tourism. 17 (2): 1–16. doi:10.1080/13683500.2013.776021. S2CID 55027449. Courtney C. Reed (April 2007). "Shedding Light on Dark Tourism"
Dark_tourism
Film adaptations of the DC superhero
of films starring Christian Bale: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Another reboot followed with the creation
Batman_in_film
Optical diode invented by Jun-Ichi Nishizawa
Under reverse bias, the diode ordinarily does not conduct (save a small dark current or Is leakage). When a photon of sufficient energy enters the depletion
PIN_diode
Near-infrared imaging
astronomy often require cooling to reduce thermally induced dark currents in the sensor (see Dark current (physics)). Lower cost uncooled thermographic digital
Infrared_photography
1974 film by John Carpenter
Dark Star is a 1974 American independent science fiction comedy film produced, scored and directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon.
Dark_Star_(film)
Professional wrestling stable
Darkness Revolution (ダークネス レボリューション, Dākunesu Reboryūshon) is a professional wrestling stable mainly performing in the Japanese professional wrestling
Darkness_Revolution
Solid-state photodetector
highly unstable above-breakdown regime that a single photon or a single dark-current electron can trigger a significant avalanche of carriers. The semiconductor
Single-photon_avalanche_diode
2012 film by Tim Burton
Dark Shadows is a 2012 Gothic dark fantasy film based on the Gothic television soap opera of the same name. Directed by Tim Burton, the film stars Johnny
Dark_Shadows_(film)
American director, editor, and producer
The Current Occupant, is a tech-noir horror film about the President of the United States. The film was produced by Blumhouse for the Into the Dark anthology
Julius_Ramsay
Dark Matter is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name and developed by
List_of_Dark_Matter_episodes
Motor vehicle
others. Also announced was the new “Dark Horse” series to bridge the gap between the Mach 1 and discontinued GT350. The Dark Horse performs much the same role
Ford Mustang (seventh generation)
Ford_Mustang_(seventh_generation)
2011 film by Michael Bay
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers:
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon
Area that restricts artificial light pollution
Society of Canada. DarkSky International's Dark Sky Places program currently offers five types of designations: International Dark Sky Communities – Communities
Dark-sky_preserve
Electronic measurement standard
graphical representation of all camera performance parameters except for the dark current. The absolute sensitivity threshold is marked as well as the saturation
EMVA1288
Current (12-issue limited series, Mad Dog Graphics 1987–1988, trade paperback, hardcover, Dark Horse Comics, 1991, ISBN 1-878574-20-5) Eddy Current (three
Eddy_Current_(comics)
2000 Nintendo 64 video game
Perfect Dark is a 2000 first-person shooter game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The first game of the Perfect Dark series, it follows
Perfect_Dark
American Gothic soap opera (1966–1971)
Dark Shadows is an American Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The series depicted
Dark_Shadows
American action thriller television series
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is an American action thriller television series based on characters from the 2018 novel The Terminal List by Jack Carr. Created
The_Terminal_List:_Dark_Wolf
Hypothetical force carrier particle connected to dark matter
electromagnetic current with its coupling e {\displaystyle e} . The fundamental parameters of this model are thus the mass of the dark photon and the strength
Dark_photon
American metalcore band
music video for "Unfamiliar". On July 18, 2025, Currents released a new single "It Only Gets Darker". On October 31, the band surprise released their
Currents_(band)
New Zealand actor (born 1972)
Kelley's McCoy. Urban reprised the role in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness and the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond. Urban next appeared as CIA agent William
Karl_Urban
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, in which sailor Charles Marlow tells the story of his assignment as steamer
Heart_of_Darkness
1984 collection of horror stories by Alvin Schwartz
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories is a collection of horror stories, poems and urban legends retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
In_a_Dark,_Dark_Room_and_Other_Scary_Stories
American investigative journalist (1955–2004)
Prize-winning coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Webb is best known for his "Dark Alliance" series, which appeared in The Mercury News in 1996. The series
Gary_Webb
particles, that there is no production of dark matter post-freeze-out, and that the universe is currently matter-dominated,[clarification needed] while
Indirect detection of dark matter
Indirect_detection_of_dark_matter
Limited comic book series by Tom Taylor and Yasmine Putri
Dark Knights of Steel is an American comic book created by Tom Taylor and Yasmine Putri and published by the publishing company DC Comics. The twelve-issue
Dark_Knights_of_Steel
Swedish melodic death metal band
Dark Tranquillity are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1989. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg
Dark_Tranquillity
Hypothesis of hidden life in space
name from Liu Cixin's 2008 novel The Dark Forest although similar concepts predate the work. There is currently no known reliable or reproducible evidence
Dark_forest_hypothesis
Electronic component
collection found that, to get high efficiency, the diode would need a (dark) current much lower than 1μA at 1V reverse bias. This assessment assumed (optimistically)
Optical_rectenna
Musical artist
Tim Eliot, better known by his stage name Current Value, is a German drum & bass producer and DJ. Eliot began dabbling in electronic music in 1992, when
Current_Value
Mortal Kombat character
mentor figure to the franchise's heroes, although he sometimes assumes a darker role in the story, which sees him become more ruthless in his protection
Raiden_(Mortal_Kombat)
Instrument for conducting a spectrographic survey of distant galaxies
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a scientific research instrument for conducting spectrographic astronomical surveys of distant galaxies
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Dark_Energy_Spectroscopic_Instrument
Marvel Comics character
took his childhood slur Daken as his codename. Akihiro was a member of the Dark Avengers under his father's moniker Wolverine, the Brotherhood of Mutants
Daken
Physical theory of the cosmos
the current universe, luminous matter, the stars, planets, and so on makes up less than 5% of the density. Dark matter accounts for 27% and dark energy
Big_Bang
Virtual marketplace in the darknet
A darknet market is a commercial website on the dark web that operates via darknets such as Tor and I2P. They function primarily as black markets, selling
Darknet_market
1986 four-issue comic book miniseries by Frank Miller
The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns but originally titled Batman: The Dark Knight) is a 1986 four-issue comic
The_Dark_Knight_Returns
English band
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in Meols, Merseyside in 1978 by Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark
2020 video game
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is a 2020 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology:_Little_Hope
1966 British film by Terence Fisher
Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1966 British gothic supernatural horror film directed by Terence Fisher. The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions
Dracula:_Prince_of_Darkness
Human skin color
Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, although this usage
Dark_skin
Fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away from a volcano
pyroclastic flow, more broadly known as a pyroclastic density current, is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra)
Pyroclastic_flow
North American professional baseball league
pants with a white color vest at home and gray pants with a gray or solid (dark) colored vest when away. By 1900, both home and away uniforms were standard
Major_League_Baseball
Expansion of the universe parameter
t2/3; and for the dark-energy–dominated era, assuming w = −1, asymptotically a(t) ∝ exp(Ht)." p. 44: "Taken together, all the current data provide strong
Scale_factor_(cosmology)
2017 American film by Nikolaj Arcel
The Dark Tower is a 2017 American neo-Western science fantasy film loosely based on Stephen King's novel series of the same name. Directed and co-written
The_Dark_Tower_(2017_film)
American thrash metal band
reunion from 2002 to 2005, the band reunited a second time in 2013. Dark Angel's current lineup includes guitarists Eric Meyer and Laura Christine, drummer
Dark_Angel_(band)
British and Irish comedian (born 1972)
rapid-fire deadpan delivery of one-liners and often controversial and edgy dark humour. James Anthony Patrick Carr was born on 15 September 1972 in Isleworth
Jimmy_Carr
DARK CURRENT
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Female
English
 Middle English name DARA means "brave, daring." Compare with another form of Dara.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, from Old English lawcere, LARK means "song-bird."
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Dark Skinned; Charioteer of Lord Krishna; Tree
Male
Hebrew
(בַּר) Hebrew name DAR means both "mother-of-pearl" and "marble."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dark.
Male
Iranian/Persian
 Short form of Persian Dârayavahush, DARA means "possesses a lot, wealthy." Compare with other forms of Dara.
Male
Irish
 From Irish Gaelic Mac Dara, DARA means "son of oak." Compare with other forms of Dara.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Swedish Latin English Biblical Arthurian Legend
Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.' Mark Antony, roman triumvir and...
Girl/Female
English
Lark.
Male
German
 Short form of German Diederick, DIRK means "first of the people; king of nations."
Male
Serbian
(Дарко) Serbian name derived from Slavic dar, DARKO means "gift."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Tree with Very Dark Bark
Boy/Male
Gaelic Hebrew English
Dark.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Tomali | தோமாஂலீÂ
Tree with very dark bark
Tomali | தோமாஂலீÂ
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion, from Middle English darke, Old English deorc ‘dark’. In England, the surname is most frequent in the West Country.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dark.German (Dürk) : variant of Türk ‘Turk’, a nickname for a wild or unruly person, or sometimes for a prisoner of war (from the Turkish Wars).German : possibly a variant of Dirk.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a settlement on the river Dart in Devon, which is named from a British term meaning ‘oak’ and is thus a cognate of Darwin 2.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of arrows, from Middle English dart (from Old French darde).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Dear.German (Därr) : from a short form of a Germanic personal name, perhaps related to Old High German dart ‘spear’.Variant spelling of German Dorr.
Male
Hebrew
(דֶּרַע) Hebrew name DARA means "the arm." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Zerah. Compare with other forms of Dara.
DARK CURRENT
DARK CURRENT
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Milk; Love of Sun
Boy/Male
Egyptian
A cat.
Female
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Angela, AINGEAL means "angel, messenger."
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : habitational name from Tregian in the parish of St. Ewe, earlier Trudgeon. The place name is recorded in 1331 in the form Trehydian, from Cornish tre ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’ + a personal name similar in form to the attested Hedyn.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Musk; A Fragrant Material; Earth; Scented with Musk; Scented; Fragrant
Boy/Male
Arabic
Nature; Character
Boy/Male
Tamil
Victory. in synonym as Vijay
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
The One who Remove Darkness
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Pious
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Eternal Lamp; Flame
DARK CURRENT
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DARK CURRENT
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DARK CURRENT
a.
Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
a.
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
v. t.
To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
a.
Dark.
n.
Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
v. t.
To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
n.
Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
v. t.
To strip the bark from; to peel.
n.
Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
v. t.
See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.
v. t.
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
a.
Dark.
n.
Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
v. t.
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
n.
See Dak.
v. i.
To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
v. t.
To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
n.
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
a.
Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
v. t.
To stab with a dirk.