Glossolalia, Glossolaly Glos`so·la"li·a, Glos·sol"a·ly noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... tongue + ... talk: confer French
glossolalie .]
The gift of tongues. Farrar .
Glossological Glos`so·log"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to glossology.
Glossologist Glos·sol"o·gist noun One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
Glossology Glos·sol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... tongue +
-logy : confer French
glossologie . See 3d
Gloss .]
1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary. 2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
Glossopharyngeal Glos`so·phar`yn·ge"al (glŏs"do*făr`ĭn*jē"
a l
or -fȧ*rĭn"je*
a l)
adjective [ Greek
glw^ssa the tongue + English
pharyngeal .]
(Anat.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. --
noun One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.
Glossy Gloss"y (glŏs"ȳ)
adjective [
Compar. Glossier (-ĭ*ẽr);
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.
Glost Glost noun [ See 1st
Gloss .]
(Ceramics) The lead glaze used for pottery.
Glost oven Glost" ov`en An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln , or glaze .
Glottal Glot"tal adjective 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.
Glottic, Glottidean Glot"tic, Glot·tid"e·an adjective Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.
Glottis Glot"tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., from ..., ..., the tongue. See
Gloss an explanatory remark.]
(Anat.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx .
Glottological Glot`to·log"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to glottology.
Glottologist Glot·tol"o·gist noun A linguist; a philologist.
Glottology Glot·tol"o·gy noun [ Greek ..., ..., the tongue +
-logy .]
The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.
Glout Glout intransitive verb [ Scot. Confer
Gloat .]
To pout; to look sullen. [ Obsolete]
Garth.
Glout Glout transitive verb To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. [ Obsolete]
Wright.
Glove Glove (glŭv)
noun [ Middle English
glove ,
glofe , Anglo-Saxon
glōf ; akin to Icelandic
glōfi , confer Goth.
lōfa palm of the hand, Icelandic
lōfi .]
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. --
Glove money 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 (Zoology) ,
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 Glove transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Gloved ;
present participle & verbal noun Gloving .]
To cover with, or as with, a glove.
Glover Glov"er noun One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture or stitch ,
a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.
Glow Glow (glō)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glowed (glōd);
present participle & verbal noun Glowing .] [ Anglo-Saxon
glōwan ; akin to Dutch
gloeijen , Old High German
gluoen , German
glühen , Icelandic
glōa , Danish
gloende glowing. √94. Confer
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 Glow transitive verb To make hot; to flush. [ Poetic]
Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
Shak.
Glow Glow noun 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 noun [ See
Globard .]
The glowworm. [ Obsolete]
Glower Glow"er intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glowered ;
present participle & verbal noun Glowering .] [ Confer
Gloar .]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.
Glowingly Glow"ing·ly adverb In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.
Glowlamp Glow"lamp` noun 1. (Chemistry) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic . 2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent , adjective
Glowworm Glow"worm` noun (Zoology) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris ; esp., the wingless females and larvæ of the two European species ( Latin noctiluca , and Latin splendidula ), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night,
The which hath fire in darkness, none in light.
Shak. » The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the female. In America, the luminous larvæ of several species of fireflies and fire beetles are called
glowworms . Both sexes of these are winged when mature. See
Firefly .
Gloxinia Glox·in"i·a noun [ New Latin ]
(Botany) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin , a German botanist.
Gloze Gloze intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glozed;
present participle & verbal noun Glozing .] [ Middle English
glosen , French
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 Gloze transitive verb To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world.
I. Taylor.
Gloze Gloze noun 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by.
Shak. 2. Specious show; gloss. [ Obsolete]
Sir P. Sidney.
Glozer Gloz"er noun A flatterer. [ Obsolete]
Gifford (1580).
Glucic Glu"cic adjective [ Greek ... sweet.]
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.
Glucina Glu·ci"na noun [ Confer French
glycine ,
glucine . So called because it forms sweet salts. See
Glucinum .]
(Chemistry) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine .
Glucinic Glu·cin"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.
Glucinum Glu·ci"num noun [ Confer French
glucinium ,
glycium , from Greek ..., sweet. Confer
Glycerin .]
(Chemistry) 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 .]
Glucogen Glu"co·gen noun [ R.]
See Glycogen .
Glucogenesis Glu`co·gen"e·sis noun Glycogenesis. [ R.]
Gluconic Glu·con"ic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. Gluconic acid (Chemistry) ,
an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid , and dextronic acid .
Glucose Glu"cose` noun [ Greek ... sweet. Confer
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. (Chemistry) 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.
Glucoside Glu"co·side noun [ See
Glucose .]
(Chemistry) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.
Glucosuria Glu`co·su"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from English
glucose + Greek ... urine.]
(Medicine) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.
Glue Glue (glū)
noun [ French
glu , Latin
glus , akin to
gluten , from
gluere to draw together. Confer
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 (Botany) ,
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 Glue transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Glued ;
present participle & verbal noun Gluing .] [ French
gluer . See
Glue ,
noun ]
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.
Gluepot Glue"pot` noun A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.
Gluer Glu"er noun One who cements with glue.
Gluey Glu"ey adjective Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
Glueyness Glu"ey·ness noun Viscidity.
Gluish Glu"ish adjective Somewhat gluey. Sherwood.
Glum Glum noun [ See
Gloom .]
Sullenness. [ Obsolete]
Skelton.
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