pit-mirk

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'th can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy an clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'ploddin' doun the stairs inside the manse.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

"Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk," 3.2 said I. "I cannae see the bed."

Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'the can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy and clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule Water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'plodding' doun the stairs inside the manse.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'the can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy and clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'ploddin doun the stairs inside the manse.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

"Neither moon nor star, sir, and pit-mirk," * said I. "I cannae see the bed."

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

But now if ye will, hearken my rede: it is now well-nigh dark, and in two hours or somewhat more it will be pit-mirk, and these men outside the walls will be going to their rest with no watch and ward set outward toward the upland.

The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865

“But the brood-hen,” remonstrated Mysie — “ou, she’s sitting some gate aneath the dais in the hall, and I am feared to gae in in the dark for the dogle; and if I didna see the bogle, I could as ill see the hen, for it’s pit-mirk, and there’s no another light in the house, save that very blessed lamp whilk the Master has in his ain hand.

The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

"But the brood-hen," remonstrated Mysie -- "ou, she's sitting some gate aneath the dais in the hall, and I am feared to gae in in the dark for the dogle; and if I didna see the bogle, I could as ill see the hen, for it's pit-mirk, and there's no another light in the house, save that very blessed lamp whilk the Master has in his ain hand.

The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801