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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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Glū'cōse, n. p. 575(Chem.) A sugar less soluble and less sweet than cane-sugar, occurring in the juice of many fruits, but best obtained from dried grapes, honey, and starch. It also occurs in the urine of those…Glūe, n. p. 575A hard, brittle, brownish gelatine, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, &c., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenacious, and is used as a cement for…Glūe, v. t. p. 575To join with glue or a viscous substance; to stick or hold fast. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak. 2. To hold together; to unite. “Fast glued to the…Glūe'-boil'er, n. p. 575One whose occupation is to make glue.Glūe'-pŏt, n. p. 575A utensil for melting glue, often consisting of one pot within another, the inner one holding the glue, and the outer one being filled with water which is heated to dissolve the glue.Glū'er, n. p. 575One who cements with glue.Glū'ey, a. p. 575Viscous; glutinous.Glū'ey-ness, n. p. 575The quality of being gluey; viscidity.Glū'ish, a. p. 575Having the nature of glue; gluey. Sherwood.Glŭm, a. p. 575Frowning; sullen; moody; silent; as, a glum look or person.Glŭm, n. p. 575Sullenness. [Obs.] Skelton.Glŭm, v. i. p. 575To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance. [Obs.] Chaucer.Glu-mā'ceoŭs, a. p. 575Having glumes; consisting of glumes. Barton.Glū'mal, a. p. 575(Bot.) Characterized by a glume.Glūme, n. p. 575(Bot.) The floral covering of grain and grasses; especially, the outer husk or bract of a spikelet. Gray.Glū'melle, n. p. 575(Bot.) The inner husk of the flowers of grasses. Gray.Glūm'my, a. p. 575Dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]Glū'mōŭs, a. p. 575(Bot.) Having a filiform receptacle, with a common glume at the base. Martyn.Glūt, v. t. p. 575To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak. 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to…Glūt, n. p. 575That which is glutted or swallowed down. Death Shall be deceived his glut. Milton. 2. Plenty to satiety or repletion; full supply; hence, often, supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing…Glū'te-ēs, n. p. 575(Anat.) A muscle of the buttocks. The name glutæus is applied to three different muscles: glutæus maximus, a large, thick, quadrilateral muscle, situated at the posterior part of the pelvis and at…Glū'te-al, a. p. 575(Anat.) Of or relating to certain organs and parts connected with the buttocks; as, the gluteal artery, nerve, vein, &c. Dunglison.Glū'ten, n. p. 575(Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters…Glū'ti-nāte, v. t. p. 575To unite with glue; to cement. Bailey.Glū'ti-nā'tion, n. p. 575The act of uniting with glue.Glū'ti-na-tīve, a. p. 575Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.Glū'tine, n. p. 575(Chem.) A white substance, resembling albumen, precipitated from an alcoholic solution of gluten, by the addition of water.Glū'ti-nōs'i-ty, n. p. 576The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [Rare.]Glū'ti-noŭs, a. p. 576Having the quality of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; tenacious. 2. (Bot.) Besmeared with a slippery moisture; as, a glutinous leaf. Martyn.Glū'ti-noŭs-ness, n. p. 576The quality of glue; tenacity; viscosity; viscidity. Cheyne.Glŭt'ton, n. p. 576One who eats voraciously, or to excess; one who stuffs or gluts himself with food; a gormandizer; hence, one who satisfies to excess any low or depraved appetite. 2. One eager of any thing to excess.…Glāt'ton, a. p. 576Of, or pertaining to, a glutton; gluttonous. “Glutton souls.” Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.Glūt'ton, v. i. p. 576To eat voraciously; to indulge the appetite to excess; to gluttonize. [Obs.] Whereon in Egypt gluttonize they fed. Drayton.Glŭt'ton-ish, a. p. 576Gluttonous; greedy. Sidney.Glŭt'ton-īze, v. i. p. 576To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to indulge the appetite to excess; to gormandize. [Rare.] Halliwell.Glŭt'ton-oŭs, a. p. 576Belonging to a glutton or to gluttony; given to excessive eating; indulging the appetite; as, a gluttonous age.Glŭt'ton-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 576In a gluttonous manner.Glŭt'ton-y, n. p. 576The act or practice of a glutton; excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies and gorgeous feasts. Milton.Glyc'er-ine, n. p. 576(Chem.) A sweet viscid liquid, formed during the saponification of fatty substances, consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Gregory.Gly'col, n. p. 576(Chem.) An inodorous, sweetish liquid, soluble in water and in alcohol, and unaltered in air. It is the type of a newly discovered class of compounds, intermediate, in their chemical relations…Gly-cō'ni-an, a. & n. p. 576The same as GLYCONIC.Gly-cōn'ie, n. p. 576(Pros.) A kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of three feet, a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic.Gly-cōn'ic, a. p. 576(Pros.) Consisting of three feet; namely, a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; as, a glyconic verse.Glyc'yr-rhī'zā, n. p. 576(Bot.) A genus of dicotyledonous, herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra) is the liquorice plant, the roots of which abound in a saccharine mucilaginous matter.Gly-cy̆r'rhi-zine, n. p. 576(Chem.) A substance resembling both sugar and gum, obtained from the root of the Glycyrrhiza glabra, or common licorice. Gregory.Glyn, n. p. 576See GLEN.Glyph, n. p. 576(Arch.) A sunken channel, usually vertical. Gwilt.Glyph̆'ie, n. p. 576A picture or figure by which a word is implied; a hieroglyphie. See HIEROGLYPHIC. [Rare.]Glyph'o-grāph, n. p. 576A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.Glyph'o-grāph'ie, a. p. 576Of, or belonging to, glyphography.Gly-phōg'ra-phy, n. p. 576A process of etching by means of voltaic electricity, by which a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used as a block to print from, as in common typography. Eng. Cyc.Glyp'tic, a. p. 576(Min.) Figured.Glyp'tic or Glyp'tics, n. sing. p. 576The art of engraving figures on precious stones. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Glyp'to-dōn, n. p. 576(Paleon.) An extinct quadruped of the armadillo family, of the size of an ox, covered with tessellated scales, and having fluted teeth. Its remains are found in South America. Glyptodon (Glyptodon…Glyp'to-grāph'ic, a. p. 576Describing or relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.Glyp-tŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 576A description of the art of engraving on precious stones.Glyp'to-thē'ca, n. p. 576A building or room for the preservation of works of sculpture.Gly'ster, n. p. 576The same as CLYSTER.Gna-pha'li-um, n. p. 576(Bot.) A genus of plants, the species of which are very numerous; everlasting.Gnār, v. i. p. 576To gnarl; to snarl. [Obs. or rare.] The gnarring porter durst not whine for doubt. Fairfax. A thousand wants Gnar at the heels of men. Tennyson.