Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glowed} (gl[=o]d); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Glowing}.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
   OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
   glowing. [root]94. Cf. {Gloom}.]
   1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
      vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

            Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if
      with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation,
      with blushes, etc.

            Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
                                                  --Dryden.

            And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.

   3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
      from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

            Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds
            and acrching heats?                   --Addison.

            The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
                                                  --Gay.

   4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense
      love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the
      heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.

            With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
                                                  --Dryden.

            Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
                                                  --Pope.

Glow \Glow\, n.
   1. White or red heat; incandscence.

   2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as,
      the glow of health in the cheeks.

   3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of
      passion; ardor.

            The red glow of scorn.                --Shak.

   4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by
      exercise, etc.

Glow \Glow\, v. t.
   To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]

         Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks
         which they did cool.                     --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

glow
     n 1: an alert and refreshed state [syn: {freshness}]
     2: light from nonthermal sources [syn: {luminescence}]
     3: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its
        temperature is raised [syn: {incandescence}]
     4: a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a
        glow of regret"
     5: a steady even light without flames
     6: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
        at a point on a surface [syn: {radiance}, {glowing}]
     7: an appearance of reflected light [syn: {gleam}, {gleaming},
        {lambency}]

glow
     v 1: emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were
          glowing and flying about in the garden"
     2: especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color,
        such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of
        the sauna" [syn: {beam}, {radiate}, {shine}]
     3: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
        the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: {burn}]
     4: be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts
        glow"
     5: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from
        good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with
        joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: {beam}, {radiate},
         {shine}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

GLOW
     
         A POP-11 variant with {lexical scope}.
     
        Available from Andrew Arnblaster, Bollostraat 6, B-3140
        Keerbergen, Belgium, for Mac or {MS-DOS}.
     
        [Byte's UK edition, May 1992, p.84UK-8].
     
        (1997-02-07)