Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GLAUCOMA

GLAUCO'MA, noun [Gr.] A fault in the eye, in which the crystalline humor becomes gray, but without injury to the sight.A disease in the eye, in which the crystalline humor becom...

731

GLAUCOUS

GLAUC'OUS, adjective [Latin glaucus.] Of a sea green color; of a light green.

732

GLAVE

GLAVE, noun A broadsword; a falchion. [Not used.]

733

GLAVER

GLAV'ER, verb intransitive [Latin glaber, lavis, or lubricus; Eng. glib.]To flatter; to wheedle. [Little used and vulgar.]

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GLAVERER

GLAV'ERER, noun A flatterer. [supra.]

735

GLAZE

GLAZE, verb transitive [from glass.] To furnish with windows of glass; as, to glaze a house.1. To incrust with a vitreous substance, the basis of which is lead, but combined wit...

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GLAZED

GLA'ZED, participle passive Furnished with glass windows; incrusted with a substance resembling glass; rendered smooth and shining.

737

GLAZIER

GLA'ZIER, noun gla'zhur. [from glaze or glass.]One whose business is to set window glass, or to fix panes of glass to the sashes of windows, to pictures, etc.

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GLAZING

GLA'ZING, participle present tense Furnishing with window glass.1. Crusting with a vitreous substance, as potter's ware.2. Giving a smooth, glossy, shining surface, as to cloth....

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GLEAM

GLEAM, noun [Latin flamma.] The radical sense is to throw, to shoot or dart, and it may be of the same family as clamo, clamor, a shoot of the voice.1. A shoot of light; a beam;...

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GLEAMING

GLE'AMING, participle present tense Shooting as rays of light; shining.GLE'AMING, noun A shoot or shooting of light.

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GLEAMY

GLE'AMY, adjective Darting beams of light; casting light in rays.In brazen arms, that cast a gleamy ray,Swift through the town the warrior bends his way.

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GLEAN

GLEAN, verb transitive1. To gather the stalks and ears of grain which reapers leave behind them.Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn - Ruth 2:2.2. To collect thing...

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GLEANED

GLE'ANED, participle passive Gathered after reapers; collected from small detached parcels; as grain gleaned from the field.1. Cleared of what is left; as, the field is gleaned2...

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GLEANER

GLE'ANER, noun One who gathers after reapers.1. One who collects detached parts or numbers, or who gathers slowly with labor.

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GLEANING

GLE'ANING, participle present tense Gathering what reapers leave; collecting in small detached parcels.GLE'ANING, noun The act of gathering after reapers.1. That which is collec...

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GLEBE

GLEBE, noun [Latin gleba, a clod or clump of earth.]1. Turf; soil; ground.Till the glad summons of a genial rayUnbinds the glebe---2. The land belonging to a parish church or ec...

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GLEBOUS

GLE'BOUS, adjective Gleby; turfy.

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GLEBY

GLE'BY, adjective Turfy; cloddy.

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GLEDE

GLEDE, noun A fowl of the rapacious kind, the kite, a species of Falcon. The word is used in Deuteronomy 14:13. but the same Hebrew word, Leviticus 11:14. is rendered a vulture.

750

GLEE

GLEE, noun1. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.2. A sort of catch or song sung in parts.

751

GLEED

GLEED, noun A glowing coal.

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GLEEFUL

GLEE'FUL, adjective Merry; gay; joyous.

753

GLEEK

GLEEK, noun [See Glee.] Music, or a musician.1. A scoff; a game at cards.GLEEK, verb intransitive To make sport of; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.

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GLEEMAN

GLEE'MAN, noun A musician.

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GLEEN

GLEEN, verb intransitive To shine; to glisten. [Not used.]

756

GLEESOME

GLEE'SOME, adjective Merry; joyous.