v. i.
Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make hot; to flush. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The red glow of scorn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Globard. ] The glowworm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
adj. having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
adj.
adv. In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Zool.) A coleopterous insect of the genus
Like a glowworm in the night,
The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the female. In America, the luminous larvæ of several species of fireflies and fire beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are winged when mature. See Firefly. [ 1913 Webster ]