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sunbow Chiefly poet.|ˈsʌnbəʊ|
[f. sun n.1 + bow n.1, after rainbow.]
An arch of prismatic colours like a rainbow, formed by refraction of sunlight in spray or vapour.
1816Shelley Let. to Peacock 22 July, Spray..in the midst of which hung a multitude of sunbows. 1817Byron Manfred ii. ii. 1 The sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven. 1831James Phil. Augustus I. ii, The thousand colours of the sunbow that hung above its fall. 1847Whittier To Delaware 13 The great lakes..Shall weave new sun-bows in their tossing spray. |