Gleucometer Gleu·com"e·ter noun [ Greek ... must +
-meter : confer French
gleucomètre .]
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.
Glew Glew noun See Glue . [ Obsolete]
Gley Gley intransitive verb [ Middle English
gliʒen ,
glien ,
gleien , to shine, to squint; confer Icelandic
gljā to glitter.]
To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [ Scot.]
Jamieson.
Gley Gley adverb Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Gliadin Gli"a·din noun [ Greek ... glue: confer French
gliadine .]
(Chemistry) 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 (glĭb)
adjective [
Compar. Glibber ;
superl. Glibbest .] [ Prob. from Dutch
glibberen ,
glippen , to slide,
glibberig ,
glipperig , glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib . [ Obsolete]
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 Glib transitive verb To make glib. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Glib Glib noun [ Ir. & Gael.
glib a lock of hair.]
A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [ Obsolete]
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 Glib transitive verb [ Confer O. & Prov. English
lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Danish
live , LG. & OD.
lubben .]
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Glibbery Glib"ber·y adjective 1. Slippery; changeable. [ Obsolete]
My love is glibbery ; there is no hold on't.
Marston. 2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [ Obsolete]
Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.
B. Jonson.
Glibly Glib"ly adverb In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly .
Glibness Glib"ness noun The quality of being glib.
Glicke Glicke noun [ Confer
Gleek ,
noun , 2, and Ir. & Gael.
glic wise, cunning, crafty.]
An ogling look. [ Obsolete]
Glidden Glid"den obsolete
past participle of Glide . Chaucer.
Glidder, Gliddery Glid"der, Glid"der·y adjective [ Confer
Glide .]
Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [ Prov. Eng.]
Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.
R. D. Blackmore.
Glide Glide noun (Zoology) The glede or kite.
Glide Glide intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glided ;
present participle & verbal noun Gliding .] [ Anglo-Saxon
glīdan ; akin to Dutch
glijden , Old High German
glītan , German
gleiten , Swedish
glida , Danish
glide , and probably to English
glad .]
1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will.
Wordsworth. 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
Glide Glide noun 1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction. They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts,
With rapid glide , along the leaning line.
Thomson. Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself,
And with indented glides did slip away.
Shak. 2. (Phon.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 18, 97, 191). » The
on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade in passing to it, the
off-glide , one made in passing from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as
initial or
final , or
fore-glides and
after-glides . For
voice-glide , see
Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 17, 95.
Glide Glide noun (Aëronautics) Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
Glide Glide intransitive verb (Aëronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
Gliden Glid"en obsolete
past participle of Glide . Chaucer.
Glider Glid"er noun One who, or that which, glides.
Gliding angle 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 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 adverb In a gliding manner.
Gliff Gliff noun [ Confer Middle English
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 Glike noun [ See
Gleek a jest.]
A sneer; a flout. [ Obsolete]
Glim Glim noun 1. Brightness; splendor. [ Obsolete]
2. A light or candle. [ Slang]
Dickens. Douse the glim ,
put out the light. [ Slang]
Glimmer Glim"mer intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glimmered ;
present participle & verbal noun Glimmering .] [ Akin to German
glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica,
glimmern to glimmer,
glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Swedish
glimma , Danish
glimre , Dutch
glimmen ,
glimpen . See
Gleam a ray, and confer
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 noun 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.
Glimmering Glim"mer·ing noun 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South. 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
Glimpse Glimpse noun [ 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 Glimpse intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glimpsed ;
present participle & verbal noun Glimpsing .]
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
Glimpse Glimpse transitive verb 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 Glint noun [ Middle English
glent .]
A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [ Scot.] "He saw a
glint of light."
Ramsay.
Glint Glint transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glinted ;
present participle & verbal noun Glinting .] [ Middle English
glenten . Confer
Glance ,
intransitive verb ,
Glitter ,
intransitive verb ]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.
Glint Glint transitive verb To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
Glioma Gli·o"ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... glue +
-oma .]
(Medicine) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.
Glires Gli"res noun plural [ Latin , dormice.]
(Zoology) An order of mammals; the Rodentia. --
Gli"rine adjective
Glissade Glis`sade" noun [ French, from
glisser to slip.]
A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.
Glissade Glis·sade" noun [ French, from
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 noun & adjective [ As if Italian = Fr.
glissant sliding.]
(Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding.
Glissette Glis·sette" noun [ French, from
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 Glist noun [ From
Glisten .]
Glimmer; mica.
Glisten Glis"ten intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glistened ;
present participle & verbal noun Glistening .] [ Middle English
glistnian , akin to
glisnen ,
glisien , Anglo-Saxon
glisian ,
glisnian , akin to English
glitter . See
Glitter ,
intransitive verb , and confer
Glister ,
intransitive verb ]
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See
Flash .
Glister Glis"ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glistered ;
present participle & verbal noun Glistering .] [ Middle English
glistren ; akin to German
glistern ,
glinstern , Dutch
glinsteren , and English
glisten . See
Glisten .]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold.
Shak.
Glister Glis"ter noun Glitter; luster.
Glister Glis"ter noun [ Confer Old French
glistere .] Same as
Clyster .
Glisteringly Glis"ter·ing·ly adverb In a glistering manner.
Glitter Glit"ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glittered ;
present participle & verbal noun Glittering .] [ Middle English
gliteren ; akin to Swedish
glittra , Icelandic
glitra ,
glita , Anglo-Saxon
glitenian , Old Saxon
glītan , Old High German
glīzzan , German
gleissen , Goth.
glitmunjan , and also to English
glint ,
glisten , and probably
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 .
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