glowingn.
/ˈɡləʊɪŋ/ a. The action of glow v.1, in its various senses.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat > glowing
glowingc1440
excandescence1684
glow1827
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > hot sensation
glowing1562
scalding1597
heata1704
glow1793
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > burning with passion
glowing1578
boilingc1660
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > glow > glowing
glowing1891
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 200/1 Glowynge of hoote fyre, or yryn, or oþer lyke, candor.
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 11v, in 2nd Pt. Herball They are good for..the glowyng or sounde of the eares.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 73 And God graunt thee that glowinge and sting in conscience.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 72 You have no Concern in..the Glowings of Summer.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xi. 229 Uncertain Fits of Coldness and Rigour, with succeeding Glowings.
1862 W. Branks Life in Heaven (1865) iv. 58 Their Souls are warmed with the glowings of divine love.
1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 63 The glowing is soon succeeded by a brilliant combustion.
1891 Athenæum 22 Aug. 245/3 The luminosity..is due to a simple glowing.
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1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker ii. 140 in Fleta Minor i The glowing must be done in a golden little half Pipkin.
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glowingadj.
/ˈɡləʊɪŋ/ That glows, in senses of the verb.
1. That is in a glow from the action of heat; burning, incandescent.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing
burningc1000
glowingc1000
flaming?a1400
rutilanta1460
glenta1529
steaminga1542
ardent1603
flaring1633
glowy1670
aflame1680
coalish1686
flushing1728
incandescent1867
smouldering1898
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > glowing
glowingc1000
red?c1225
gledyc1385
ignite1575
candent1585
walming1601
calescent1804
candescent1824
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 216 Gemeng togædere mid glowende isene.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1067 O þatt allterr haffdenn þeȝȝ. Glowennde gledess ȝarrkedd.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 187/81 He let nime platus of Ire..þo heo glowinde were.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23438 If it war scoit into þi hefd, A glouand iren þar in beleued, and [etc.].
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 70 Ley hem on a glowynge tylston.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 512 Richt oft he fell into ane glowand heit.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 24 b/2 A glowinge or redde-hotte Cauterium.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 52 But old men are like..a small gloing fire, which dyes and goes out of it selfe.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 240 Like a vast Caldron fill'd with glowing and melted Matter.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 274 The Vala paused..gazing in awe on the glowing stone.
1879 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. i. 3 The glowing vapour of the familiar metal, iron.
2.
a. Brilliantly luminous; brilliant, rich, and warm in colouring; also, having the glow or exuberant colouring of excitement or health.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > warmly coloured
glowingc1400
well-hueda1500
warm-coloured1819
toasty1890
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > warm or glowing
richa1586
glowing1712
warm1764
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 94 Our syre syttes..on sege so hyȝe In his glwande glorye.
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King The glowing violet.
1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast iv. 4 The Master saw the Madness rise; His glowing Cheeks, his ardent Eyes.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 477. ¶1 The glowing Redness of the Berries.
1730 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons 111 Their naked limbs, of glowing white.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 16 Nor was it in the soft and glowing landscape that she most delighted.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 231/1 Female musicians, with glowing cheeks and faces like the sun.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere in Poems (new ed.) I. 158 In glowing health, with boundless wealth, But sickening of a vague disease.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 24 As he stood in the glowing light of the fire.
1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 8 May Sir John's glowing canvas might be mistaken for a moment for some Bacchanalian triumph.
b. figurative.
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1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 32 The glowing colours of the historian.
1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 52 The dramatic colouring throughout is maintained at a glowing tone.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 80 A glowing description of the wealth of England.
3. That glows with passion; ardent, impassioned, fervid.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective]
hotOE
anguishous?c1225
fire-burningc1275
burninga1340
ardentc1374
warm1390
fervent14..
fieryc1430
fired1561
feverous1576
glowinga1577
fervorous1602
ferventeda1627
tropica1631
torrid1646
fervid1656
candenta1687
ardurousa1770
tropical1795
aestuous1844
thermal1866
thermonous1888
a1577 G. Gascoigne Absent Dame Complaineth in Wks. Herbs (1587) 138 The priuie coales, of glowing ielousie.
1747 W. Collins Odes 46 By turns they felt the glowing Mind.
1805 N. Nicholls Let. in Corr. with Gray (1843) 45 He was much struck with the glowing eloquence..of Rousseau.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 15 Arkwright..had the..boldness to predict in glowing language, how [etc.].
1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §53 Athena, spiritually, is the queen of all glowing virtue.
1883 T. Martin Life Ld. Lyndhurst iv. 120 It was not without cause that the fond mother wrote of her son in such glowing terms.
4. quasi-adv. in glowing hot.
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c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 115 Take an hoot tile, þat is glowynge hoot.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxviii Take a culture..or suche an other yron and make it glowynge hote.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 54 A parcel of the Flint or Steel..which..is made so glowing hot, that 'tis melted into glass.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 304 The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot.
1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno ix All over so glowing-hot, that iron more hot no craft requires.
Derivatives
ˈglowingly adv. in a glowing manner, with brightness, high colour, or warmth; ardently, enthusiastically.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
ardently1340
burningly1340
firely1340
ferventlyc1374
warmly1529
fierily1600
glowinglya1625
incandescently1803
fervidly1847
tropically1896
Messianically1976
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > vivid or bright
brightc1400
brightly1633
vigorously1638
floridly1667
vividly1668
glowinglya1887
flamboyantly1894
a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iv. sig. F3 Out hee must breake, glowingly againe, and with a greater luster.
c1815 T. Moore When Cold in Earth in Irish Melodies 15 If happiness..glowingly smil'd On his ev'ning horizon.
1822 Examiner 428/2 We do not look at this group coldly but glowingly.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 305 The tremendous cliffs..have been glowingly described in..many Alpine books.
1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 533/2 She was glowingly proud of her kitchen.
a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 20 Some [apples]..more glowingly beautiful than the rest.
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