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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Glāns, n. p. 572(Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris. 2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. Gray. 3. (Med.) (a.) A form of tumor…Glâre, n. p. 572A bright, dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden. 2. A fierce, piercing…Glāre, v. i. p. 572To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as, glaring light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.…Glâre, v. t. p. 572To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. “Every eye glared lightning.” Milton.Glāre, a. p. 572Polished so as to reflect light brightly or clearly; hence, smooth; slippery; glib; as, the pool was covered with glare ice.Glâir'e-ous, a. p. 572Resembling the white of an egg; viscous and transparent or white.Glâr'i-ness or Glâr'ing-ness, n. p. 572A dazzling luster or brilliancy.Glâ'ring, p. a. p. 572Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime.Glā'ring-ly, adv. p. 572In a glaring manner; openly; clearly; notoriously.Glä'ry, a. p. 572Of a brilliant, dazzling luster. [Obs.] “Bright, crystal glass is glary.” Boyle.Glass, n. p. 572A hard, brittle, transparent substance, formed by fusing sand with fixed alkalies. 2. (Chem.) A substance or mixture, earthy, saline, or metallic, brought by fusion to the state of a hard, brittle…Glāss, a. p. 572Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glass bottle.Gläss, v. t. p. 572To see, as in a glass. Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. Motley. 2. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; — used reflexively. When the Almighty’s form glasses itself in tempests. Byron. 3.…Glass'-blōw'er, n. p. 572One whose business is to blow and fashion glass.Glass'-coach, n. p. 572A coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; — so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] Smart.Glass'-crāb, n. p. 572(Zoöl.) A species of crustacean, of the genus Phyllosoma, which is almost as transparent as glass. Dana.Glass'-cŭt'ter, n. p. 572One who cuts sheets of glass to the requisite size for window-panes, &c. Simmonds.Glass'-cŭt/ting, n. p. 572The act or process of cutting, shaping, and modifying the surface of glass, by grinding and polishing with emery and water on a metallic wheel or other tool, as in ornamenting glass-ware.Glāss'en, a. p. 572Glassy; glazed. [Obs.] “Glassen eyes.” B. Jonson.Glass'-fāced, a. p. 572Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [Rare.] “The glass-faced flatterer.” Shak.Glass'ful, n. p. 572The contents of a glass.Glass'ful, a. p. 572Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] “Minerva’s glassful shield.” Marston.Glass'-fūr'nace, n. p. 572A furnace in which the materials of glass are melted.Glass'-gall, n. p. 572Sandiver. See GALL.Glass'-gāz'ing, a. p. 572Addicted to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Obs.] Shak.Glass'-grind'er, n. p. 572One who grinds glass.Glass'-house, n. p. 572A house where glass is made; a manufactory of glass.Glàss'i-ly, adv. p. 572So as to resemble glass.Glass'i-ness, n. p. 572The quality of being glassy or smooth; a vitreous appearance.Glàss'-măn, n. p. 572One who sells glass.Glass'-mĕt'al, n. p. 572Glass in fusion. [Obs.] Bacon.Glass'-pāint'ing, n. p. 572A mode of staining glass so as to represent painting. Wright.Glass'-pā'per, n. p. 572Paper covered with finely-pounded glass, and used, like sand-paper, for abrasive purposes. Simmonds.Glass'-pōt, n. p. 572A vessel used for melting glass in manufactories.Glass'-sōap, n. p. 572The black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass-blowers to take away color from glass.Glass'-tēars, n. pl. p. 572The same as Prince Rupert's drops. See RUPERT'S DROPS.Glass'-work, n. p. 572Manufacture of glass. 2. (pl.) The place or buildings where glass is made; a glass-house.Glass'wort, n. p. 572(Bot.) A plant of the genus Salicornia, so called from the fact that, when burned, it yields soda, which is used in the manufacture of glass. The jointed glass wort (Salicornia herbacea), is often…Glass'y, a. p. 572Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon. 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.Gläs'ton-bu-ry Thŏrn p. 572A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.Glauber-ite, n. p. 572(Min.) A slightly soluble mineral, consisting of sulphate of soda and sulphate of lime. It occurs in flattened, oblique crystals, somewhat glassy in appearance, and of a yellowish or grayish color.…Glau'ber's-salt, n. p. 572Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic.Glau-cēs'cent or Glau'cine, a. p. 572Having something of a bluish-hoary appearance. Loudon.Glau'cie, a. p. 572(Chem.) Relating to an acid procured from teasels and scabious plants. Hoblyn.Glau'ci-ūm, n. p. 572(Bot.) A genus of glaucous evergreen plants, the juice of which is acrid, and said to be poisonous; horn-poppy.Glau'co-lite, n. p. 572(Min.) A greenish-blue variety of scapolite, consisting principally of the silicates of alumina and lime.Glau-cō'mā, n. p. 572Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, and a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, due, in general, to an inflammation of the sclerotic and choroid…Glau-cō'ma-toüs or Glau-cōm'a-toüs, a. p. 572Having the nature of glaucoma.Glau'co-nite, n. p. 572(Min.) The green mineral which gives the peculiar character to the greensand of the chalk and other formations. See GREENSAND. Dana.Glau-cō'pis, n. p. 573(Ornith.) A genus of birds including but a single species (G. cinerea), the great wattle-bird, found in New Zealand.Glau-cō'sis, n. p. 573The same as GLAUCOMA.Glau'cous, a. p. 573Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish-blue. Lindley. 2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage-leaf.…Glau'cus, n. p. 573(Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, floating in the open sea, beautifully colored with blue. Forster.Glāve, n. p. 573A broadsword; a falchion. [Obs.] “Laying both hands upon his glave.” Spenser. The fierce Orion with his golden glave. G. Douglas. 2. A curved cutting weapon used by infantry in repelling cavalry…Glăv'er, v. i. p. 573To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.] “Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.” South.Glā'v'er-er, n. p. 573A flatterer. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.Glāy'mōre, n. p. 573A large, two-handed sword formerly used by the Highlanders; a claymore. Johnson.Glāze, v. t. p. 573To furnish with glass, as a window, a house, a case, a frame, and the like. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly hanged, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon. 2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with…Glāze, n. p. 573The vitreous coating or glazing of pottery or porcelain; glazing. Ure.Glāz'en, a. p. 573Resembling glass. [Obs.] Wycliffe.