Emily Dickinson Lexicon

phosphorus, n. [L. phōsphorus, the morning star < Gk φωσφόρος < φώς, light + -φόρος, bringing.]

1. Fire; flame; heat; combustible substance.
2. Fire and brimstone; [fig.] hell; everlasting punishment; eternal damnation; spiritual death [see Genesis 19:24; Revelation 19:20, 21:8.]