Emily Dickinson Lexicon

glow (-s), n. [see glow, v.] (webplay: burn, day, stars, white).

1. Degree of sunlight.
2. Beacon; guiding light.
3. Brightness; quantity of light.
4. Dawn; sunrise; ray of light.
5. Warmth; radiance; energy; life force.
6. Phrase. “Glow Worm”: firefly; lampyrid; lightning bug; male coleopterous; winged insect that emits light from its abdomen; flying worm that radiates a phosphorescent pulse of light; [fig.] falling star; meteor flash.