Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Glabreate

{ Gla″bre‐ate (?), Gla″bri‐ate (?), } v. t. [See Glabrate.] To make smooth, plain, or bare.

1433

Glabrity

Glab″ri‐ty (?), n. [L. glabritas.] Smoothness; baldness.

1434

Glabrous

Gla″brous (?), a. [L. glaber; cf. Gr. � hollow, smooth, � to hollow.] Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.

1435

Glacé

‖Gla′cé″ (?), a. [F., p.p. of glacer to freeze, to ice. Cf. Glacier.] Coated with icing; iced; glazed; — said of fruits, sweetmeats, cake, etc.

1436

Glacial

Gla″cial (?), a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glaci...

1437

Glacialist

Gla″cial‐ist, n. One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.

1438

Glaciate

Gla″ci‐ate (?), v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.] To turn to ice.

1439

Glaciate (2)

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 ...

1440

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 phenom...

1441

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 v...

1442

Glacious

Gla″cious (?), a. Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. Sir T. Browne.

1443

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 incline...

1444

Glad

Glad (?), a. [Compar.Gladder (?); superl.Gladdest (?).] [AS. glæd bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla�r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw....

1445

Glad (2)

Glad, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer.That w...

1446

Glad (3)

Glad, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. Massinger.

1447

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 secr...

1448

Gladden (2)

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

1449

Gladder

Glad″der (?), n. One who makes glad. Chaucer.

1450

Glade

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 li...

1451

Gladen

Gla″den (?), n. [AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole.] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris fœtidissima. [Written also gl...

1452

Gladeye

Glad″eye′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer.

1453

Gladful

Glad″ful (?), a. Full of gladness; joyful; glad. — Glad″ful‐ness, n.Spenser.It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser.

1454

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.

1455

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 ceremon...

1456

Gladiatorial

{ 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.

1457

Gladiatorism

Glad″i‐a′tor‐ism (?), n. The art or practice of a gladiator.

1458

Gladiatorship

Glad″i‐a′tor‐ship, n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.