eclipse

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saattaa varjoon puhekieltä An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
obscurityNoun Obscurity, decline, downfall
(ante) w:Walter Raleigh|Walter Raleigh, quoted in Eclipse, entry in 1805, w:Samuel Johnson|Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 2, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6aARAAAAIAAJ&pg=PT111&dq=%22All+the+posterity+of+our+first+parents+suffered+a+perpetual+eclipse+of+spiritual+life%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A6nIVPWSHeO4mAX_94KYBA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22All%20the%20posterity%20of%20our%20first%20parents%20suffered%20a%20perpetual%20eclipse%20of%20spiritual%20life%22&f=false unnumbered page,

All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.

As in the soft and sweet eclipse, / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoralAdjective pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourseNoun recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallowNoun tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the stapleAdjective staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

The Moon eclipsed the Sun.

For, till I see them here, by doubtful fear / My joy of liberty is half 'eclipsd'''.

The Util.System namespace eclipses the top-level System namespace.

Everything about her year-old restaurant (..) reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles.