Glabellum
Gla•bel´lum, n. ; pl. Glabella (#). [NL. See Glabella.] (Zoöl.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.

Glabrous
Gla´brous, a. [L. glaber; cf. Gr. hollow, smooth, to hollow.] Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.

Glace
Gla•ce´, a. [F., p.p. of glacer to freeze, to ice. Cf. Glacier.] Coated with icing; iced; glazed; — said of fruits, sweetmeats, cake, etc.

Glaciate
Gla´ci•ate, v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.] To turn to ice.

Glaciate
Gla´ci•ate, v. t.
1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.

Glaciation
Gla•ci•a´tion, n.
1. Act of freezing.
2. That which is formed by freezing; ice.
3. The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.

Glacier
Gla´cier, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or neve; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter. Glacier theory (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth’s surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated.

Glacis
Gla´cis, n. [F. glacis; — so named from its smoothness. See Glacier.] A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

Gladden
Glad´den, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gladdened p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening ] [See Glad, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
"A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him." Addison.

Gladden
Glad´den, v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.
"The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight." Wordsworth.

Gladder
Glad´der, n. One who makes glad. Chaucer.

Glade, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]
1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
"There interspersed in lawns and opening glades." Pope.
2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also smooth ice. [Local, U. S.] Bottom glade. See under Bottom. — Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

Gladful
Glad´ful, a. Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] — Glad´ful•ness, n. [R.] Spenser.
"It followed him with gladful glee." Spenser.

Gladiate
Glad´i•ate, a. [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Gladiator
Glad´i•a•tor, n. [L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive.]
1. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.
2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy. { Glad•i•a•to´ri•al, Glad•i•a•to´ri•an, } a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

Gladiatorship
Glad´i•a•tor•ship, n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.

Gladiatory
Glad´i•a•to•ry, a. [L. gladiatorius.] Gladiatorial. [R.]

Gladiature
Glad´i•a•ture, n. [L. gladiatura.] Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton.

Gladiole
Glad´i•ole, n. [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See Glaive.] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; — called also corn flag.

Gladly
Glad´ly, adv. [From Glad, a. ]
1. Preferably; by choice. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.
"The common people heard him gladly." Mark xii. 37.

Gladship
Glad´ship, n. [AS. glaedscipe.] A state of gladness. [Obs.] Gower.

Gladsome
Glad´some, a.
1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.
2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.
"Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day." Prior. — Glad´some•ly, adv. — Glad´some•ness, n.
"Hours of perfect gladsomeness." Wordsworth.

Gladstone
Glad´stone, n. [Named after Wm. E. Gladstone.] A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

Gladwyn
Glad´wyn, n. (Bot.) See Gladen.

Glairin
Glair´in, n. A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; — called also baregin.

Glairy
Glair´y, a. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman.

Glaive, n. [F. glaive, L. gladius; prob. akin to E. claymore. Cf. Gladiator.]
1. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also a light lance with a long sharp- pointed head. Wilhelm.
2. A sword; — used poetically and loosely.
"The glaive which he did wield." Spenser.

Glamour
Gla´mour, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma or Icel. glam-syni weakness of sight, glamour; glamr name of the moon, also of a ghost + syni sight, akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]
1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson.
3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
"The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley." W. Black.
4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.
5. A quality of a person which allures and fascinates, usually by good looks and a charming manner; — of people; as the glamour of John F. Kennedy.. [PJC]
6. An attractive quality which provides excitement, adventure, the thrill of unusual activity, or the potential to become famous; — of activities; as the glamour of movie stardom. [PJC] Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.
"It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight." Sir W. Scott.

Glamourie
Glam´ou•rie, n. Glamour. [Scot.]

Glance, n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]
1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
"Swift as the lightning glance." Milton.
2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
"Dart not scornful glances from those eyes." Shak.
3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
"How fleet is a glance of the mind." Cowper.
4. (Min.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance. Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. — Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt. — Glance copper, chalcocite. — Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters’ rules, etc. McElrath.

Glance, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glanced p. pr. & vb. n. Glancing ]
1. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
"From art, from nature, from the schools, Let random influences glance, Like light in many a shivered lance, That breaks about the dappled pools." Tennyson.
2. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced". Shak.
"On me the curse aslope Glanced on the ground." Milton.
3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
"The poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven." Shak.
4. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; — often with a. .
"Wherein obscurely Caesar\’b6s ambition shall be glanced at." Shak.
"He glanced at a certain reverend doctor." Swift.
5. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
"And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet." Macaulay.

Glance, v. t.
1. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as to glance the eye.
2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.]
"In company I often glanced it." Shak.

Glancing
Glan´cing, a.
1. Shooting, as light.
"When through the gancing lightnings fly." Rowe.
2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as a glancing shot.

Glancingly
Glan´cing•ly, adv. In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly. Hakewill.

Gland, n. [F. glande, L. glans, glandis, acorn; akin to Gr. for, and to cast, throw, the acorn being the dropped fruit. Cf. Parable, n. ]
1. (Anat.) (a) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth. (b) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known. The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument, lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas.
2. (Bot.) (a) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product. (b) Any very small prominence.
3. (Steam Mach.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; — sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

Glanderous
Glan´der•ous, a. Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. Youatt.

Glanders
Glan´ders, n. [From Gland.] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

Glandiform
Gland´i•form, a. [L. glans, glandis, acorn + -form: cf. F. glandiforme .] Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

Glandular
Glan´du•lar, a. [Cf. F. glandulaire. See Glandule.] Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

Glandule
Glan´dule, n. [L. glandula, dim. of glans, glandis, acorn: cf. F. glandule. See Gland.] A small gland or secreting vessel.

Glandulose
Glan´du•lose, a. Same as Glandulous.

Glandulous
Glan´du•lous, a. [L. glandulosus: cf. F. glanduleux.] Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

Glans n. ; pl. Glandes (#). [L. See Gland.]
1. (Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.
2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. Gray.
3. (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A pessary. [Obs.]

Glary
Glar´y, a. Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.
"Bright, crystal glass is glary." Boyle.

Glass (glas), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. glaes; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. glaer amber, L. glaesum. Cf. Glare, n. , Glaze, v. t.]
1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow.
2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand.
"She would not live The running of one glass." Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; — in the plural, spectacles; as a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. Bohemian glass, Cut glass, etc. See under Bohemian, Cut, etc. — Crown glass, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; — so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. — Crystal glass, or Flint glass. See Flint glass, in the Vocabulary. — Cylinder glass, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. — Glass of antimony, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. — Glass blower, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. — Glass blowing, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. — Glass cloth, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. — Glass coach, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; — so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] Smart.
"Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands." J. F. Cooper. — Glass cutter. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. — Glass cutting. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. — Glass metal, the fused material for making glass. — Glass painting, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see Glass staining, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. — Glass paper, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. — Glass silk, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. — Glass silvering, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. - - Glass soap, or Glassmaker’s soap, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. — Glass staining, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. — Glass tears. See Rupert’s drop. — Glass works, an establishment where glass is made. — Heavy glass, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. — Millefiore glass. See Millefiore. — Plate glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, — used for mirrors and the best windows. — Pressed glass, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. — Soluble glass (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; — used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; — called also water glass. — Spun glass, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. — Toughened glass, Tempered glass, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; — called also from the name of the inventor of the process, Bastie glass. — Water glass. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, above. — Window glass, glass in panes suitable for windows.

Glass, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glassed p. pr. & vb. n. Glassing.]
1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; — used reflexively.
"Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror." Motley.
"Where the Almighty’s form glasses itself in tempests." Byron.
2. To case in glass. [R.] Shak.
3. To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. Boyle.
4. To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

Glass-crab
Glass´-crab, n. (Zoöl.) The larval state ( Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

Glasseye
Glass´eye, n.
1. (Zoöl.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.
2. (Far.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. Youatt.

Glass-faced
Glass´-faced, a. Mirror- faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.

Glassful
Glass´ful, n. ; pl. Glassfuls . The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

Glassful
Glass´ful, a. Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] "Minerva’s glassful shield." Marston.

Glass-gazing
Glass´-gaz•ing, a. Given to viewing one’s self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic] Shak.

Glasshouse
Glass´house, n. A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

Glassily
Glass´i•ly, adv. So as to resemble glass.

Glassiness
Glass´i•ness, n. The quality of being glassy.

Glassite
Glass´ite, n. A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

Glass-rope
Glass´-rope, n. (Zoöl.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

Glass-snail
Glass´-snail, n. (Zoöl.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.

Glass-snake
Glass´-snake, n. (Zoöl.) A long, footless lizard ( Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; — so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

Glass-sponge
Glass´-sponge, n. (Zoöl.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; — so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; — called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.

Glasswork
Glass´work, n. Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

Glasswort
Glass´wort, n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family ( Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also a prickly plant of the same family ( Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

Glassy
Glass´y, a.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as a glassy substance. Bacon.
2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; — said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.

Glastonbury thorn
Glas"ton•bur•y thorn (Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.

Glasynge
Glas´ynge, n. Glazing or glass. [Obs.]

Glauber’s salt
Glau"ber’s salt or Glau"ber’s salts . [G. glaubersalz from Glauber a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite.] Sulphate of soda a well- known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance with a cooling slightly bitter taste and is commonly called "salts." It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs and in many salt deposits as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the "soda process" and also for use in glass making.

Glaucescent
Glau•ces´cent, a. [See Glaucous.] Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

Glaucine
Glau´cine, a. Glaucous or glaucescent.

Glaucine
Glau´cine, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

Glaucodot
Glau´co•dot, n. [Gr. glayko•s silvery, gray + dido•nai to give.] (Min.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

Glaucoma
Glau•co´ma, n. [L., fr. Gr. glay•kwma, fr. glayko•s light gray, blue gray.] (Med.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

Glaucomatous
Glau•co´ma•tous, a. Having the nature of glaucoma.

Glaucometer
Glau•com´e•ter, n. See Gleucometer.

Glaucosis
Glau•co´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. glay•kwsis.] (Med.) Same as Glaucoma.

Glaucus
Glau´cus, n. [L., sea green.] (Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

Glaum, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.] To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.
"Wha glaum’d at kingdoms three." Burns.

Glave, n. See Glaive.

Glaverer
Glav´er•er, n. A flatterer. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

Glaymore
Glay´more, n. A claymore. Johnson.

Glaze (glaz), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glazed (glazd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.]
1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass.
"Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass." Bacon.
2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like.
"Sorrow’s eye glazed with blinding tears." Shak.
3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

Glaze, v. i. To become glazed of glassy.

Glaze, n.
1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3. Ure.
2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

Glazer
Glaz´er, n.
1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.

Glazier
Gla´zier, n. [From Glaze.] One whose business is to set glass. Glazier’s diamond. See under Diamond.

Glazy
Glaz´y, a. Having a glazed appearance; — said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

Glead, n. A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]

Gleamy
Gleam´y, a. Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.
"In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way." Pope.

Glean, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gleaned p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanhu to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a handul.]
1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
"To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps." Shak.
2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
"Content to glean what we can from … experiments." Locke.

Glean, v. i.
1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
"And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers." Ruth ii. 3.
2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
"Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate." Pope.

Glean, n. A collection made by gleaning.
"The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs." Dryden.

Glean, n. Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.

Gleaner
Glean´er, n.
1. One who gathers after reapers.
2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.

Gleaning
Glean´ing, n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
"Glenings of natural knowledge." Cook.

Gleba
Gle´ba, n. ; pl. Glebae (#). [L., a clod.] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.

Glebe, n. [F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.]
1. A lump; a clod.
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
"Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine." Milton.
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

Glebeless
Glebe´less, a. Having no glebe.

Glebosity
Gle•bos´i•ty, n. The quality of being glebous. [R.] { Gleb´ous, Gleb´y } a. [Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.] Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. "Gleby land." Prior.

Glede (gled), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gleða, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zoöl.) The common European kite ( Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]

Glede, n. [See Gleed.] A live coal. [Archaic]
"The cruel ire, red as any glede." Chaucer.

Glee club. A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc. { Glen•gar´ry, n. , or Glen•gar"ry bon"net }. [Name of a valley in Scotland.] A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.
"The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet." L. Hutton.

Gleed (gled), n. [AS. gled, fr. glowan to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gloð. See Glow, v. i.] A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.

Gleek, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelacan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]
1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.]
"Where’s the Bastard’s braves, and Charles his gleeks ?" Shak.
2. [Cf. Glicke] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]
"A pretty gleek coming from Pallas’ eye." Beau. & Fl.

Gleek, v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak.

Gleek, n. [OF. glic, G. glück, fortune. See Luck.]
1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] Pepys. Evelyn.
2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; — hence, three of anything. [Obs.]

Gleen, v. i. [Cf. Glance, Glint.] To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.] Prior.

Gleet, n. [OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.] (Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.

Gleet, v. i.
1. To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.
2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.

Gleety
Gleet´y, a. Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.

Gleg, a. [Icel. glöggr.] Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Gleire, Gleyre, n. See Glair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Glenoid
Gle´noid, a. [Gr. ; socket of a joint + form; cf. F. glenoïde.] (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; — applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.

Glenoidal
Gle•noid´al, a. (Anat.) Glenoid.

Glent, n. & v. See Glint.

Glew, n. See Glue. [Obs.]

Gliadin
Gli´a•din, n. [Gr. glue: cf. F. gliadine.] (Chem.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.

Glib (glib), a. [ Compar. Glibber superl. Glibbest ] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as ice is glib. [Obs.]
2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as a glib tongue; a glib speech.
"I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not." Shak.
Syn. — Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

Glib, v. t. To make glib. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Glib, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.]
"The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them." Spenser.
"Their wild costume of the glib and mantle." Southey.

Glib, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] Shak.

Glibbery
Glib´ber•y, a.
1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.]
"My love is glibbery; there is no hold on’t." Marston.
2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]
"Thy lubrical and glibbery muse." B. Jonson.

Glibly
Glib´ly, adv. In a glib manner; as to speak glibly.

Glibness
Glib´ness, n. The quality of being glib.

Glicke, n. [Cf. Gleek, n. , 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty.] An ogling look. [Obs.]

Gliden
Glid´en, obs. p. p. of Glide. Chaucer.

Gliding angle. (Aëronautics) The angle, esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aëroplane will glide to earth by virtue of gravity without applied power.

Gliding machine. (Aëronautics) A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

Glidingly
Glid´ing•ly, adv. In a gliding manner.

Gliff, n. [Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.]
1. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
2. A moment: as for a gliff. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Glike, n. [See Gleek a jest.] A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]

Glimmer
Glim´mer, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glimmered p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
"The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day." Shak.
Syn. — To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.

Glimmer
Glim´mer, n.
1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also a gleam.
"Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls." Tennyson.
2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

Glimpse, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
"LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran." Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
"Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen." S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.

Glimpse, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glimpsed p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.

Glimpse, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
"Some glimpsing and no perfect sight." Chaucer.

Glint, n. [OE. glent.] A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] "He saw a glint of light." Ramsay.

Glint, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glinting.] [OE. glenten. Cf. Glance, v. i., Glitter, v. i.] To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.

Glint, v. t. To glance; to turn; as to glint the eye.

Glioma
Gli•o´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. glue + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.

Glires
Gli´res, n. pl. [L., dormice.] (Zoöl.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia. — Gli´rine (#), a.

Glissade
Glis•sade´, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.

Glissade
Glis•sade´, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
1. A sliding, as down a snow slope.
2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.

Glissando
Glis•san´do, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding.

Glissette
Glis•sette´, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] (Math.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

Glist, n. [From Glisten.] Glimmer; mica.

Glitter
Glit´ter, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glittered p. pr. & vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. glitan, OHG. glizzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as a glittering sword.
"The field yet glitters with the pomp of war." Dryden.
2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn. — To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash.

Glitter
Glit´ter, n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. Milton.

Glitterand
Glit´ter•and, a. Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser.

Glitteringly
Glit´ter•ing•ly, adv. In a glittering manner.

Gloam, v. i. [See Gloom, Glum.]
1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
2. To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]

Gloam, n. The twilight; gloaming. [R.] Keats.

Gloaming
Gloam´ing, n. [See Gloom.]
1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg.
2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still.

Globe, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; — usually preceded by the definite article. Locke.
4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as a terrestrial or celestial globe; — called also artificial globe.
5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; — a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
"Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed." Milton. Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena ( G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. — Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism ( Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algae. — Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; — called also overcharged mine. — Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. — Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. — Globe slater (Zoöl.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. — Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads ( Cynara Scolymus); also certain species of the related genus Echinops. — Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight.
Syn. — Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. — Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.

Globe, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Globed p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.] To gather or form into a globe.

Globiferous
Glo•bif´er•ous, a. [ Globe + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Having a round or globular tip.

Globigerina
Glo•big•e•ri´na, n. ; pl. Globigerinae (#). [NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

Globosely
Glo•bose´ly, adv. In a globular manner; globularly.

Globosity
Glo•bos´i•ty, n. [L. globositas: cf. F. globosite.] Sphericity. Ray.

Globous
Glo´bous, a. [See Globose.] Spherical. Milton.

Globularity
Glob•u•lar´i•ty, n. The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

Globularly
Glob´u•lar•ly, adv. Spherically.

Globularness
Glob´u•lar•ness, n. Sphericity; globosity.

Globule
Glob´ule, n. [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]
1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
"Globules of snow." Sir I. Newton.
"These minute globules [a mole’s eyes] are sunk … deeply in the skull." Paley.
2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

Globulet
Glob´u•let, n. A little globule. Crabb.

Globuliferous
Glob•u•lif´er•ous, a. [ Globule + -ferous.] Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.

Globulimeter
Glob•u•lim´e•ter, n. [ Globule + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood. The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.

Globulin
Glob´u•lin, n. [From Globule: cf. F. globuline.] (Phisiol. Chem.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.

Globy
Glob´y, a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

Glochidiate
Glo•chid´i•ate, a. [Gr. point of an arrow.] (Bot.) Having barbs; as glochidiate bristles. Gray.

Glochidium
Glo•chid´i•um, n. ; pl. Glochidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. the point of an arrow.] (Zoöl.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent’s gills.

Glockenspiel
Glock´en•spiel, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music) An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.

Glode, obs. imp. of Glide. Chaucer. { Glombe, Glome } v. i. To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.] Surrey.

Glomerous
Glom´er•ous, a. [L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d Glome.] Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] Blount.

Glomerulus
Glo•mer´u•lus, n. ; pl. Glomeruli (#). [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome.] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

Gloomily
Gloom´i•ly, adv. In a gloomy manner.

Gloominess
Gloom´i•ness, n. State of being gloomy. Addison.

Glooming
Gloom´ing, n. [Cf. Gloaming.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
"When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day." Trench.
"The balmy glooming, crescent-lit." Tennyson.

Gloomy
Gloom´y, a. [ Compar. Gloomier superl. Gloomiest.]
1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.
2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as a gloomy temper or countenance.
Syn. — Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

Glore, v. i. [See Gloar.] To glare; to glower. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Gloriation
Glo•ri•a´tion, n. [L. gloriatio, from gloriari to glory, boast, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n. ] Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.
"Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind." Hobbes.

Gloriosa
Glo•ri•o´sa, n. [Nl., fr. L. gloriosus. See Glorious.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.

Glorioso
Glo•ri•o´so, n. [It.] A boaster. [Obs.] Fuller.

Glorious
Glo´ri•ous, a. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n. ]
1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as glorious deeds.
"These are thy glorious works, Parent of good !" Milton.
2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.]
"Most miserable Is the desire that’s glorious." Shak.
3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.]
"kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er all the ills of life victorious." Burns.
"During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time." Dryden.
Syn. — Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious; celebrated; magnificent; grand; splendid. — Glo´ri•ous•ly, adv. — Glo´ri•ous•ness, n. Udall.
"Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously." Ex. xv. 21.
"I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation." B. Jonson.

Glossa
Glos´sa, n. ; pl. Glossae (#). [NL., fr. Gr. the tongue.] (Zoöl.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Glossanthrax
Glos•san´thrax, n. [Gr. tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.] A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Glossarial
Glos•sa´ri•al, a. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Glossarially
Glos•sa´ri•al•ly, adv. In the manner of a glossary.

Glossarist
Glos´sa•rist, n. A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.

Glossary
Glos´sa•ry, n. ; pl. Gossaries (#). [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.] A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

Glossiness
Gloss´i•ness, n. [From Glossy.] The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.

Glossitis
Glos•si´tis, n. [NL., from Gr. tongue + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the tongue.

Glossly
Gloss´ly, adv. Like gloss; specious. Cowley.

Glossocomon
Glos•soc´o•mon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a kind of case.] A kind of hoisting winch.

Glossoepiglottic
Glos•so•ep•i•glot´tic, a. [Gr. tongue + E. epiglottic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as glossoepiglottic folds.

Glossographer
Glos´sog´ra•pher, n. [Gr. ; tongue + to write. See 3d Gloss.] A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.

Glossography
Glos´sog´ra•phy, n. [See Glossographer.] The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

Glossological
Glos•so•log´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to glossology.

Glossologist
Glos•sol´o•gist, n. One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

Glossology
Glos•sol´o•gy, n. [Gr. tongue + -logy: cf. F. glossologie. See 3d Gloss.]
1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.

Glossy
Gloss´y (glos"y), a. [ Compar. Glossier (-i•er); superl. Glossiest.] [See Gloss luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as glossy silk; a glossy surface.
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as glossy deceit.

Glottal
Glot´tal, a. Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic. Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet. { Glot´tic, Glot•tid´e•an } a. Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

Glottis
Glot´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr.,, from,, the tongue. See Gloss an explanatory remark.] (Anat.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Glottologist
Glot•tol´o•gist, n. A linguist; a philologist.

Glottology
Glot•tol´o•gy, n. [Gr.,, the tongue + -logy.] The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

Glout, v. i. [Scot. Cf. Gloat.] To pout; to look sullen. [Obs.] Garth.

Glout, v. t. To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. [Obs.] Wright.

Glove (gluv), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. glof; akin to Icel. glofi, cf. Goth. lofa palm of the hand, Icel. lofi.]
1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing. — Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. — Glovemoney or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge’s officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. — Glove sponge (Zoöl.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges ( Spongia officinalis). — To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." J. H. Newman. — To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] — To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. — To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.

Glove, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gloved p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.] To cover with, or as with, a glove.

Glow (glo), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glowed (glod); p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. glowan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. gloa, Dan. gloende glowing. rad.94. Cf. Gloom.]
1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
"Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees." Pope.
2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.
"Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays." Dryden.
"And glow with shame of your proceedings." Shak.
3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
"Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?" Addison.
"The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands." Gay.
4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.
"With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows." Dryden.
"Burns with one love, with one resentment glows." Pope.

Glow, v. t. To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
"Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool." Shak.

Glow, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as the glow of health in the cheeks.
3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
"The red glow of scorn." Shak.
4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

Glowbard
Glow´bard, n. [See Globard.] The glowworm. [Obs.]

Glowlamp
Glow´lamp, n.
1. (Chem.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.

Gloze, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glozed p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]
1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. Chaucer.
"A false, glozing parasite." South.
"So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned." Milton.
2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak.

Gloze, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate.
"By glozing the evil that is in the world." I. Taylor.

Gloze, n.
1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
"Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by." Shak.
2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Glozer
Gloz´er, n. A flatterer. [Obs.] Gifford (1580).

Glucic
Glu´cic, a. [Gr. sweet.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as glucic acid.

Glucina
Glu•ci´na, n. [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.] (Chem.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; — formerly called glucine.

Glucinum
Glu•ci´num, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr., sweet. Cf. Glycerin.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium. [Formerly written also glucinium.]

Gluconic
Glu•con´ic, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; — called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid.

Glucose
Glu´cose, n. [Gr. sweet. Cf. Glycerin.]
1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose.
2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.

Glue (glu), n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.] A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. — Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. — Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ( Gloiopeltis tenax). — Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid or alcohol. — Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.

Glue, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glued p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] [F. gluer. See Glue, n. ] To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.
"This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak." Shak.

Gluer
Glu´er, n. One who cements with glue.

Gluey
Glu´ey, a. Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

Glueyness
Glu´ey•ness, n. Viscidity.

Gluish
Glu´ish, a. Somewhat gluey. Sherwood.

Glum, n. [See Gloom.] Sullenness. [Obs.] Skelton.

Glum, a. Moody; silent; sullen.
"I frighten people by my glun face." Thackeray.

Glum, v. i. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [Obs.] Hawes.

Glumaceous
Glu•ma´ceous, a. [Cf. F. glumance. See Glume.] Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

Glume (glum), n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. Gray. { Glu•mel´la, Glu´melle } n. [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.) One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

Glumly
Glum´ly, adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

Glummy
Glum´my, a. [See Gloom.] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]

Glump (glump), v. i. [See Glum.] To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]

Glunch (glunch), a. [Cf. Glump.] Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott. — n. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Glutaconic
Glu•ta•con´ic, a. [ Glutaric + aconitic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

Glutaeus
Glu•tae´us, n. [NL. See Gluteal.] (Anat.) The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. In man, the glutaeus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.

Glutaric
Glu•tar´ic, a. [ Glutamic + tart aric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as glutaric ethers. Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; — called also normal pyrotartaric acid.

Glutazine
Glu´ta•zine, n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Gluteal
Glu´te•al, a. [G. rump, pl., the buttocks.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutaeus.

Gluten
Glu´ten, n. [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue.] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and is a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; — used in cases of diabetes. — Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. — Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.

Glutinative
Glu´ti•na•tive, a. [L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif.] Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

Glutinosity
Glu•ti•nos´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. glutinosite .] The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]

Glutinous
Glu´ti•nous, a. [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.]
1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
2. (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

Glutton
Glut´ton, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
"Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy." Granville.
3. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal ( Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar ( Ossifraga gigantea); — called also Mother Carey’s goose, and mollymawk.

Glutton
Glut´ton, a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden.
"A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days." Fuller.

Glutton
Glut´ton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
"Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine." Lovelace.
"Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed." Drayton.

Gluttonish
Glut´ton•ish, a. Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.

Gluttonize
Glut´ton•ize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gluttonized p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing ] To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.

Gluttony
Glut´ton•y, n. ; pl. Gluttonies (#). [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
"Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts." Milton.

Glycerate
Glyc´er•ate, n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid.

Glyceric
Gly•cer´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.

Glyceride
Glyc´er•ide, n. [See Glycerin.] (Chem.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Glycerol
Glyc´er•ol, n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin.

Glycide
Glyc´ide, n. [ Glyceric + anhydr ide.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; — called also glycidic alcohol.

Glycidic
Gly•cid´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as glycidic acid.

Glycin
Gly´cin, n. [Gr. glyky•s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycocholic
Gly•co•chol´ic, a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.

Glycocin
Gly´co•cin, n. [ Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycogen
Gly´co•gen, n. [Gr. sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogène.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.

Glycogenic
Gly•co•gen´ic, a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as the glycogenic function of the liver. { Gly•cog´e•ny, Gly•co•gen´e•sis } n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

Glycol
Gly´col, n. [ Glycerin + - ol. See Glycerin.] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C₂H₄(OH)₂, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.

Glycolide
Gly´co•lide, n. [ Glycol + anhydr ide.] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, C₄H₄O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also glycollide.]

Glycoluric
Gly•co•lu´ric, a. [ Glycol + uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.

Glycoluril
Gly•co•lu´ril, n. [ Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn.

Glycolyl
Gly´co•lyl, n. [ Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH₂, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.

Glyconian
Gly•co´ni•an, a. & n. Glyconic.

Glyconic
Gly•con´ic, a. [Gr. a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon.] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; — applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. — n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse.

Glyconin
Gly´co•nin, n. An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

Glycose
Gly´cose, n. [Gr. sweet + - ose.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.

Glycosine
Gly´co•sine, n. (Chem.) An organic base, C₆H₆N₄, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

Glycosometer
Gly•co•som´e•ter, n. [Gr. sweet + -meter.] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.

Glycosuria
Gly•co•su´ri•a, n. (Med.) Same as Glucosuria.

Glycyrrhizin
Gly•cyr´rhi•zin, n. [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in licorice root ( Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark ( Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste. { Glyn, Glynne }, n. A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]
"He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain’s foot." Spenser.

Glyoxalic
Gly•ox•al´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also glyoxylic.]

Glyoxaline
Gly•ox´a•line, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base, C₃H₄N₂, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; — called also oxaline.

Glyoxime
Gly•ox´ime, n. [ Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.

Glyphic
Glyph´ic, a. [Gr. of or for carving.] (Fine Arts) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.

Glyphograph
Glyph´o•graph, n. A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.

Glyphographic
Glyph•o•graph´ic, a. Of or pertaining to glyphography.

Glyphography
Gly•phog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. to engrave + -graphy.] A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.

Glyptic
Glyp´tic, a. [See Glyph.]
1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.

Glyptographic
Glyp•to•graph´ic, a. [Cf. F. glyptographique.] Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

Glyptography
Glyp•tog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. carved + -graphy: cf. F. glyptographie.] The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

Glyptotheca
Glyp•to•the´ca, n. [NL., fr. Gr. carved + case, box.] A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.

Glyster
Glys´ter, n. (Med.) Same as Clyster.