glinn

or glin

[ glin ]

noun

1. a bright glow in the sky close to the horizon, usually taken as a portent of a storm.

verb (used without object)

1. (of the sky near the horizon) to become lighter (often followed by up ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of glinn¹

Compare Newfoundland dial. glin, glynn, glim glow from distant ice; apparently akin to glim, glimmer, though source of n is unclear

Example Sentences

In October 2020, the senator's campaign organization, Ted Cruz for Senate, started paying the Houston security firm Atlas Glinn Inc. for "personnel service/equipment," according to FEC filings.

From Salon

The Atlas Glinn website features a photo of Cruz accompanied by what appears to be a security team.

From Salon

“She had a remarkable ability for becoming what other people wanted her to be while remaining herself at the core,” he writes, offering as an example how she accommodated her second husband, photographer Burt Glinn.

From Washington Post

They are both denied an opportunity to talk to Eli Glinn, but while cleaning out the remainder of their stuff from their desks, they discover a computer that has completed a job it was assigned years ago to decipher strange writings on a stone tablet.

From Washington Times

The Seagram report of 1979, shot in luscious color by Burt Glinn, features a smiling couple enjoying cocktails in front of their Frank Stella painting, and three gents downing scotch and martinis outside the Toronto City Hall.

From New York Times