afterglow (afterglo)

1. The glow frequently seen in the sky after sunset. The after - glow of the evening suffused the front of the chapel with a warm light. C. W. Stoddard , South-Sea Idyls, p. 239. Frequently in the month of November my attention had been called to the intense coloring of the sky, and brilliant red afterglows , slowly fading away, and lasting long after the sun had set. Science , III. 121. 2. A second or secondary glow, as in heated metal before it ceases to be incandescent. aftergra (af'ter-grås), n. A second growth of gra in a mown field, or gra growing among the stubble after harvest.