glower
noun
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L321293 on Wikidata ↗verb
- give a dirty look
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow + -er.
- That which glows or emits light.
“Table 45 presents computed relative and absolute values for the spectral radiant emittance of a Nernst glower at T = 1965 and 2000°K (the corresponding emissivities are 0.427 and 0.438).”
verb
Etymology: From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. Equivalent to glow + -er (a fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.
- To look or stare with anger.
“[...] Last Morning I was unco airly out, / Upon a Dyke I lean'd and glowr'd about; / I ſaw my Meg come linkan o'er the Lee, / I ſaw my Meg, but Maggie ſaw na me: [...]”
“Now look at this board that I just flung into the dark aisle out o' the way, while Monkbarns was glowering ower a' the silver yonder.”