Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHOS-PHOR-ESCE
PHOSPHOR-A-TINGPHOS-PHOR-ES'CENCE
PHOS-PHOR-ESCE, v.i. [phosphoress'. See Phosphorus.]
To shine, as phosphorus, by exhibiting a faint light without sensible heat. Avenaceous limestone phosphoresces in the dark, when scraped wall a knife. – Kirwan.
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