Sentence:  Naphtha lamps shed a <WSD>weird</WSD> light over a busy scene, for the work was being continued night and day. A score or so of sturdy navvies were shovelling and picking along the track. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.