Glow

(glō), v. i. [imp. & p. p. GLOWED; p. pr. & vb. n. GLOWING.] [A-S. glōwan, D. gloeijen, M. H. Ger. glüejen, O. H. Ger. gluoan, gluohen, gluojan, N. H. Ger. glühen, Icel. glóa, Dan. gloe, to shine.] 1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent. Glows in the stars and blossoms in the trees. Pope. 2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, or the like. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. To glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak. 3. To feel hot, as the skin; to give a burning sensation. *Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and scorching heats? Addison.* 4. To feel the heat of passion; to be ardent; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, and the like; to rage, as passion; as, the heart glows with love or zeal; the glowing breast. With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden.

(glō), v. t. To make hot so as to shine. [Obs.]

Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.