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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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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.Glāz'er, n. p. 573A workman who glazes or applies glazing in pottery manufacture, &c.; also, a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like. 2. A wooden wheel covered with emery or with an alloy-ring of lead…Glāʹzier, n. p. 573One whose business is to set glass.Glāz'ing, n. p. 573The act or art of setting glass; the art of crusting with a vitreous substance, or of polishing, smoothing, or rendering glossy. 2. The glass or glass-like substance with which any surface is…Glēad, n. p. 573Same as GLEDE, q. v.Gleam, n. p. 573A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow. 2. Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.Glēam, v. i. p. 573To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. 2. To shine; to cast light. 3. (Falconry.) To disgorge filth, as a hawk. Syn. — To GLEAM, GLIMMER, GLITTER. To gleam…Gleam'ing, n. p. 573A shoot or shooting of light.Glēam'y, a. p. 573Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing. In brazen arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.Glēan, v. t. p. 573To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak. 2. To collect with…Glēan, v. i. p. 573To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.Glēan, n. p. 573A collection made by gleaning, or by gathering here and there a little. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden. 2. The after-birth or secundine of an animal, especially of a cow, or…Glēan'er, n. p. 573One who gathers after reapers. 2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.Glēan'ing, n. p. 573The act of gathering after reapers. 2. That which is collected by gleaning. “Gleanings of natural knowledge.” Cook.Glēbe, n. p. 573Turf; soil; ground; sod. Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil and wine. Milton. 2. (Eccl. Law.) The land belonging to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. Spelman. 3. A crystal. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.…Glēbe'less, a. p. 573Without a glebe.Gle-bōs'i-ty, n. p. 573The quality of being gleby.Glēb'ous, a. p. 573[Lat. glebosus, Sp. gleboso. SeeGlēb'y p. 573Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy. “Gleby land.” Prior.Gle-chō'mă, n. p. 573(Bot.) A genus of small, trailing plants, including the ground-ivy, or gill.Glēde, n. p. 573(Ornith.) The common kite of Europe (Milvus ictinus), a rapacious bird. 2. [See GLEED.] A glowing coal. [Obs.] “The cruel fire, red as any glede.” Chaucer.Glee, n. p. 573Music; minstrelsy. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. Spenser. 3. (Mus.) A composition for three or more voices, generally of a light and…Gleed, n. p. 573A glowing coal. [Obs.] Chaucer.Glee'ful, a. p. 573Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.Gleek, n. p. 573A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles's gleeks? Shak. 2. A game at cards formerly much used, played by three persons with forty-four cards, each hand having…Gleek, v. i. p. 573To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak.Glee'man, n. p. 573An itinerant minstrel or musician. [Obs.]Gleen, v. i. p. 573To shine; to glisten. [Obs.] Prior.Glee'sōme, a. p. 573Merry; joyous. [Obs.]Gleet, n. p. 573(Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.Gleet, v. i. p. 573To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman. 2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.Gleet'y, a. p. 573Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.Glēn, n. p. 573A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression or space between hills. And woos the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser.Glē'ne, n. p. 573(Anat.) The cavity or socket of the eye; any slight depression or cavity receiving a bone in articulation. Parr.Glen-liv'et, n. p. 573A superior Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it is made. Simmonds.Glē'noid, n. p. 573(Anat.) A part having a shallow cavity, as the socket of the shoulder-joint, and the like. Hoblyn.Glew, n. p. 573See GLUE. [Obs.]