Phosphor

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (“the planet Venus, as the morning star”).
   alt-of, alternative
2. Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibit phosphorescence.
   countable, uncountable
3. Phosphorus.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. The planet Venus, when appearing as a morning star
   countable, obsolete, proper-noun, uncountable

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Examples

“All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love⟳, thro’ early light⟳ Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.”

“Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus,[…]”

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