SUNSET
NOUNS
1386 — DAY-SET sunset → obs.
1400 — SUN-REST sunset → obs.
1440 — SUN-GATE-DOWN sunset → obs.
1440 — SUN-GOING-DOWN sunset → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1440 — SUNSETTING sunset
1460 — SUN-SITTING sunset → obs.
1538 — PONENT the place or direction of the sunset; the west → obs.
1582 — DOWNSETTING the setting of the sun, sunset → obs.
1595 — SUN-GO-DOWN sunset → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1600 — SUNFALL sunset → chiefly poetic usage
1673 — DAY-SHUTTING close of day, sunset → obs.
1731 — SKY-SETTING sunset → Sc. obs.
1769 — DAYLIGHT DOWN the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset → Amer. dial.
1834 — AFTERSHINE the glow or radiance that remains for a time after the sun has set
1863 — BULLFINCH SKY a red-hued sunset → Eng. dial.
1894 — DAY DOWN sunset; late afternoon → Amer. dial.