accidental light

noun

A secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.

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Meanings

nounaccidental light (plural accidental lights)

plural accidental lights

  1. paintingA secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.

    Another species of accidental light, is occaſioned by the One thing more should be observed

    1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia
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