Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DARK, n. [Sans. tareki.]

1. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. We say, we can hear in the dark. Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? – Ps. lxxxviii.
2. Obscurity; secrecy; a state unknown; as, things done in the dark.
3. Obscurity; a state of ignorance; as, we are all in the dark.