{ Sun"set" (?), Sun"set`ting, }
n.1.The descent of the sun
below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also
used figuratively.
'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical
lore.
Campbell.
2.Hence, the region where the sun sets; the
west.
Sunset shell(Zoöl.), a West
Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell
marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at
sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.