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e with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandenscent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.

The glowworm. [Obs.]

to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.

In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.

An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.

tiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak.

A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.

A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.

In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

Glowing; agitated, as with heat.

Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot.

the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.

Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden.

To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.

pes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

A braid. [R.] Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson.