Dark"ling (?), adv. [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.]
In the dark.
[Poetic]
So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling.
Shak.
As the wakeful bird
Sings darkling.
Milton.
© Webster 1913.
Dark"ling, p. pr. & a.
1.
Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me.
Thackeray.
2.
Dark; gloomy.
"The
darkling precipice."
Moore.
© Webster 1913.