Ĕx'can-dĕs'cent, a.

a. [Lat. excandescens, P. pr. of excandescere, to take fire, kindle, glow, burn, from prefix ex and candescere, to begin to glisten or glow, from candere, to be of a glittering whiteness, to glisten; It. escandescente.] White or glowing with heat. [Rare.]