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Phosphor

[fos-fer, -fawr] / ˈfɒs fər, -fɔr /
NOUN
morning star
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Furthermore, one of the mobile developers in the Partners programme, Phosphor Games, is creating an action fantasy title named Horn, clearly aimed at the dedicated gaming audience.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012

Bright Phosphor, fresher for the night, Sweet Hesper-Phosphor, double name.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

But although so fierce a fighter, so inhospitable to every other cat, Phosphor is the most affectionate little soul.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

The ancients called it Lucifer and Phosphor when it shone as a morning star before sunrise, and Hesperus and Vesper when it became visible after sunset.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

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

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Bliss Carman




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