glow

glow
   obsolete
   to sweat
   A usage of women and horses, from the visual effect on the skin. Sweat remains the subject of taboo because of the odour secreted from the armpits and the crotch.

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  • Glow — may refer to:* G.L.O.W., a Smashing Pumpkins single * Glow (Festival) * Glow (magazine), a Canadian beauty and health magazine * Glow (The Innocence Mission album) * Glow (Rick James album) * Glow (Raven album) * Glow (Reef album) * Glow (Joey… …   Wikipedia

  • Glow — puede referirse a: Glow, motor de combustión interna de dos tiempos usado en modelismo radiocontrolado. Glow, biblioteca JavaScript de programación. Glow, banda española de Doom Rock. Glow álbum del grupo de metal Unjust . Esta página de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • glow|er — glow|er1 «GLOH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that glows. 2. the light giving rod in a Nernst lamp. ╂[< glow + er1] glow|er2 «GLOW uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to stare angrily or crossly; scowl fiercely: »The fighters glowered at each other.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Glow — (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glowed} (gl[=o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glowing}.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. gl[ u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende glowing. [root]94. Cf. {Gloom}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To shine with an intense… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glow — Glow, n. 1. White or red heat; incandscence. [1913 Webster] 2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks. [1913 Webster] 3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glow — (v.) O.E. glowan to glow, shine as if red hot, from P.Gmc. base *glo (Cf. O.S. gloian, O.Fris. gled glow, blaze, O.N. gloa, O.H.G. gluoen, Ger. glühen to glow ), from PIE *ghel (see GLASS (Cf. glass)). Figuratively from late 14c …   Etymology dictionary

  • Glow — Glow, 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glow — vb *blaze, flame, flare, glare Analogous words: *burn: kindle, ignite, iight: illuminate, lighten, illumine glow n blaze, flame, flare, glare (see under BLAZE vb) Analogous words: brightness, brilliance, radiance, effulgence, luminosity,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • glow — [n] burning, brightness afterglow, bloom, blossom, blush, brilliance, effulgence, flush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, incandescence, intensity, lambency, light, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, splendor,… …   New thesaurus

  • glow — [glō] vi. [ME glowen < OE glowan, akin to Ger glühen < IE * ghlō < base * ĝhel , to shine > GOLD, GLEAM, YELLOW, Gr chlōros, light green] 1. to give off a bright light as a result of great heat; be incandescent or red hot 2. to give… …   English World dictionary

  • glow — index passion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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