Webster's Dictionary 1913

1756

Glost

Glost (?), n. [See 1st Gloss.] (Ceramics) The lead glaze used for pottery.

1757

Glost oven

Glost″ ov′en (?). An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; — also called glaze kiln, or glaze.

1758

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 glott...

1759

Glottic

{ Glot″tic (?), Glot‐tid″e‐an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

1760

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.

1761

Glottological

Glot′to‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to glottology.

1762

Glottologist

Glot‐tol″o‐gist (?), n. A linguist; a philologist.

1763

Glottology

Glot‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. �, �, the tongue + -logy.] The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

1764

Glout

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

1765

Glout (2)

Glout (?), v. t. To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. Wright.

1766

Glove

Glove (glŭv), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. glōf; akin to Icel. glōfi, cf. Goth. lōfa palm of the hand, Icel. lōfi.]1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separa...

1767

Glove (2)

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

1768

Glover

Glov″er (?), n. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.Glover'ssuture or stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately throug...

1769

Glow

Glow (glō), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Glowed (glōd); p. pr. & vb. n.Glowing.] [AS. glōwan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. glōa, Dan. gloende glowing. √94. Cf. Gloom...

1770

Glow (2)

Glow, v. t. To make hot; to flush.Fans, whose wind did seemTo glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.

1771

Glow (3)

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; v...

1772

Glowbard

Glow″bard (?), n. [See Globard.] The glowworm.

1773

Glower

Glow″er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Glowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.] to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.

1774

Glowingly

Glow″ing‐ly (?), adv. In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.

1775

Glowlamp

Glow″lamp′ (?), n. 1. (Chem.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.

1776

Glowworm

Glow″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvæ of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which...

1777

Gloxinia

‖Glox‐in″i‐a (?), n.(Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; — named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

1778

Gloze

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 ...

1779

Gloze (2)

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

1780

Gloze (3)

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

1781

Glozer

Gloz″er (?), n. A flatterer. Gifford (1580).

1782

Glucic

Glu″cic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.