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sunglow
[ suhn-gloh ]
/ ˈsʌnˌgloʊ /
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noun
a diffused, hazy light seen around the sun, caused by atmospheric dust.
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How to use sunglow in a sentence
I was a child, and asked him if it was a white dove, such as I had seen fanning the sunglow in Icolmkill.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona MacleodOut of the sunglow the arm crept like a snake, then it lay still in the shadow betwixt the two who slumbered unheeding.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers|Fiona MacleodNow and again there was the sharp twang in it of the bog-myrtle, sweltering in the sunglow.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers|Fiona Macleod
British Dictionary definitions for sunglow
sunglow
/ (ˈsʌnˌɡləʊ) /
noun
a pinkish glow often seen in the sky before sunrise or after sunset. It is caused by scattering or diffraction of sunlight by particles in the atmosphere
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