Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GLOSSOLOGIST

GLOSSOL'OGIST, noun [gloss.] One who writes glosses; a commentator.

839

GLOSSOLOGY

GLOSSOL'OGY, noun [gloss and Gr. discourse.]Glosses or commentaries; explanatory notes for illustrating an author.

840

GLOSSY

GLOSS'Y, adjective Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smoothsurface; highly polished; as glossy silk; a glossy raven; a glossy plum.

841

GLOTTIS

GLOT'TIS, noun [Gr. the tongue.] The narrow opening at the upper part of the aspera arteria or windpipe, which, by its dilatation and contraction, contributes to the modulation ...

842

GLOUT

GLOUT, verb intransitive To pout; to look sullen. [Not used.]GLOUT, verb transitive To view attentively. [Not in use.]

843

GLOVE

GLOVE, noun A cover for the hand, or for the hand and arm, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter circumstance distinguishes the glove from the mitten.To throw the g...

844

GLOVER

GLOVER, noun One whose occupation is to make and sell gloves.

845

GLOW

GLOW, verb intransitive1. To shine with intense heat; or perhaps more correctly, to shine with a white heat; to exhibit incandescence. Hence, in a more general sense, to shine w...

846

GLOWING

GLOWING, participle present tense Shining with intense heat; white with heat.1. Burning with vehement heat.2. Exhibiting a bright color; red; as a glowing color; glowing cheeks....

847

GLOWINGLY

GLOWINGLY, adverb With great brightness; with ardent heat or passion.

848

GLOWWORM

GLOWWORM, noun The female of the Lampyris noctiluca, an insect of the order of Coleopters. It is without wings and resembles a caterpillar. It emits a shining green light from t...

849

GLOZE

GLOZE, verb intransitive To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; that is, to smooth, or to talk smoothly.So glozed the tempter, and his proem tun'd.A false glozing parasite.GLOZE, noun...

850

GLOZER

GLO'ZER, noun A flatterer.

851

GLOZING

GLO'ZING, participle present tense Flattering; wheedling.GLO'ZING, noun Specious representation.

852

GLUCIN

GLU'CIN, noun [Gr.] A soft white earth or powder obtained from the beryl and emerald; so named from its forming, with acids, salts that are sweet to the taste.Glucin is a compou...

853

GLUE

GLUE, noun glu. [Latin gluten.]Inspissated animal gluten; a tenacious, viscid matter, which serves as a cement to unite other substances. It is made of the skins, parings, etc. ...

854

GLUEBOILER

GLU'EBOILER, noun [glue and boil.] One whose occupation is to make glue.

855

GLUED

GLU'ED, participle passive United or cemented with glue.

856

GLUER

GLU'ER, noun One who cements with glue.

857

GLUEY

GLU'EY, adjective Viscous; glutinous.

858

GLUEYNESS

GLU'EYNESS, noun The quality of being gluey.

859

GLUING

GLU'ING, participle present tense Cementing with glue.

860

GLUISH

GLU'ISH, adjective Having the nature of glue.

861

GLUM

GLUM, adjective Frowning; sullen. [Little used.]GLUM, noun Sullenness; and, as a verb, to look sullen. [Not in use.]

862

GLUMACEOUS

GLUMA'CEOUS, adjective Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

863

GLUME

GLUME, noun [Latin gluma, from glubo, to bark or peel.]In botany, the calyx or corol of corn and grasses, formed of valves embracing the seed, often terminated by the arista or ...

864

GLUMMY

GLUM'MY, adjective Dark; gloomy; dismal.