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foreglow

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Fromfore- +‎glow.

Noun

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foreglow (pluralforeglows)

  1. Theglow oflight appearing in the sky precedingsunrise.
    • 1850, History,Harper's Magazine[1], Harper & Row, page702:
      He promised fair things and, when another morning came, set forth in the first rosyforeglowof dawn through a dew-soaked world to his new work.
    • 1894,The Gentleman's Magazine:
      But glorious, and educating, and inspiring as is the sunrise in itself in many cases, there is occasionally something very remarkable that is connected with it. Rare is it, but how charming when, witnessed, though till very' recently it was all but unexplained. This is theforeglow. It is in no respects so splendid as the afterglows succeeding sunset; but because of its rarity, its beauty is enhanced.
    • 1905, John Gordon M'Pherson,Meteorology or Weather Explained[2], T.C. and E.C. Jack, page65:
      Little attention has been paid toforeglows compared with afterglows, either with regard to their natural beauty or their weather forecasting.

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The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise
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