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Erse \Erse\ ([etil]rs), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.] A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, {Gaelic}. | |
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Gaelic \Gael"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gael. G[85]idhealach, Gaelach, from G[85]idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language. | |
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Gaelic \Gael"ic\, n. [Gael. Gaelig, G[85]ilig.] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic. | |
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Galage \Ga*lage"\, n. (Obs.) See {Galoche}. --Spenser. | |
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Galago \Ga*la"go\, n.; pl. {Galagos}. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species. Note: The {grand galago} ({Galago crassicaudata}) is about the size of a cat; the {mouse galago} ({G. murinus})is about the size of a mouse. | |
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Galaxy \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. {Galaxies}. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?] circle), fr. [?], [?], milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. {Lacteal}.] 1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. --Nichol. 2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things. | |
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Galeas \Gal"e*as\, n. See {Galleass}. | |
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Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal[82]asse, gal[82]ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See {Galley}.] (Naut.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See {Galleon}, and {Galley}. [Written variously {galeas}, {gallias}, etc.] Note: [bd]The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.[b8] --Motley. | |
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Galeas \Gal"e*as\, n. See {Galleass}. | |
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Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal[82]asse, gal[82]ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See {Galley}.] (Naut.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See {Galleon}, and {Galley}. [Written variously {galeas}, {gallias}, etc.] Note: [bd]The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.[b8] --Motley. | |
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Gall \Gall\, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo[94]l.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See {Gallnut}. Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus {Cynips}, chiefly on an oak ({Quercus infectoria [or] Lusitanica}) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. {Gall insect} (Zo[94]l.), any insect that produces galls. {Gall midge} (Zo[94]l.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. {Gall oak}, the oak ({Quercus infectoria}) which yields the galls of commerce. {Gall of glass}, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also {glass gall} and {sandiver}. --Ure. {Gall wasp}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallfly}. | |
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Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal[82]asse, gal[82]ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See {Galley}.] (Naut.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See {Galleon}, and {Galley}. [Written variously {galeas}, {gallias}, etc.] Note: [bd]The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.[b8] --Motley. | |
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Gallegan \Gal*le"gan\ (g[acr]l*l[emac]"g[ait]n), Gallego \Gal*le"go\ (g[acr]l*l[emac]"g[osl] or g[adot]*ly[amac]"g[osl]), n. [Sp. Gallego.] A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician. | |
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Galley \Gal"ley\, n.; pl. {Galleys}. [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, gal[82]e, LL. galea, LGr. [?]; of unknown origin.] 1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. (b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. (c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. (d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval walfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type. 2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. 3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. 4. [F. gal[82]e; the same word as E. galley a vessel.] (Print.) (a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. (b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. {Galley slave}, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. [bd]To toil like a galley slave.[b8] --Macaulay. {Galley slice} (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. --Knight. | |
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Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal[82]asse, gal[82]ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See {Galley}.] (Naut.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See {Galleon}, and {Galley}. [Written variously {galeas}, {gallias}, etc.] Note: [bd]The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.[b8] --Motley. | |
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Galliass \Gal"li*ass\, n. Same as {Galleass}. | |
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Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. | |
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Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From {Gallium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. | |
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Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, {C6H2(HO)3.CO2H}, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. | |
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Gallize \Gal"lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gallized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gallizing}.] [After Dr. L. Gall, a French chemist, who invented the process.] In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. -- {Gal`li*za"tion}, n. | |
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Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}[or] {Gallows}. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[be]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.] 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses[?] --Shak. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] {Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] {Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also {gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc. {Gallows frame}. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. {Gallows}, [or] {Gallow tree}, the gallows. At length him nail[82]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser. | |
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Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}[or] {Gallows}. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[be]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.] 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses[?] --Shak. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] {Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] {Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also {gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc. {Gallows frame}. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. {Gallows}, [or] {Gallow tree}, the gallows. At length him nail[82]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser. | |
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Galoche \Ga*loche"\, Galoshe \Ga*loshe"\, [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], [?], a shoemaker's last; [?] wood + [?] foot.] 1. A clog or patten. [Obs.] Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather. 3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. | |
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Galosh \Ga*losh"\, n. 1. Same as {Galoche}, {Galoshe}. 2. A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament. | |
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Galoshe \Ga*loshe"\, n. Same as {Galoche}. | |
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Galoche \Ga*loche"\, Galoshe \Ga*loshe"\, [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], [?], a shoemaker's last; [?] wood + [?] foot.] 1. A clog or patten. [Obs.] Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather. 3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. | |
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Galwes \Gal"wes\, n. Gallows. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Gaulish \Gaul"ish\, a. Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.] | |
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Gelose \Ge*lose"\, n. [See {Gelatin}.] (Chem.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds. | |
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10. (Mus.) (a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. (b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major. (c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Natural day}, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer. {Natural fats}, {Natural gas}, etc. See under {Fat}, {Gas}. etc. {Natural Harmony} (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. {Natural history}, in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of {botany}, {zo[94]logy}, {geology}, {mineralogy}, {paleontology}, {chemistry}, and {physics}. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo[94]logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone. {Natural law}, that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. {Natural modulation} (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. {Natural order}. (Nat. Hist.) See under {order}. {Natural person}. (Law) See under {person}, n. {Natural philosophy}, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called {physics}, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with mental and moral philosophy. {Natural scale} (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale {Natural science}, natural history, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science. {Natural selection} (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly by gradual changes of environment which have led to corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the changed environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the fittest. See {Darwinism}. {Natural system} (Bot. & Zo[94]l.), a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. --Gray. {Natural theology}, [or] {Natural religion}, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under {Natural}, a., 3. {Natural vowel}, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See {Neutral vowel}, under {Neutral} and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17. Syn: See {Native}. | |
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Geology \Ge*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Geologies}. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -logy: cf. F. g[82]ologie.] 1. The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of {The Geological Series}. 2. A treatise on the science. | |
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10. (Mus.) (a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. (b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major. (c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Natural day}, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer. {Natural fats}, {Natural gas}, etc. See under {Fat}, {Gas}. etc. {Natural Harmony} (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. {Natural history}, in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of {botany}, {zo[94]logy}, {geology}, {mineralogy}, {paleontology}, {chemistry}, and {physics}. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo[94]logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone. {Natural law}, that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. {Natural modulation} (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. {Natural order}. (Nat. Hist.) See under {order}. {Natural person}. (Law) See under {person}, n. {Natural philosophy}, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called {physics}, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with mental and moral philosophy. {Natural scale} (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale {Natural science}, natural history, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science. {Natural selection} (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly by gradual changes of environment which have led to corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the changed environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the fittest. See {Darwinism}. {Natural system} (Bot. & Zo[94]l.), a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. --Gray. {Natural theology}, [or] {Natural religion}, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under {Natural}, a., 3. {Natural vowel}, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See {Neutral vowel}, under {Neutral} and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17. Syn: See {Native}. | |
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Geology \Ge*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Geologies}. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -logy: cf. F. g[82]ologie.] 1. The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of {The Geological Series}. 2. A treatise on the science. | |
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Ghoulish \Ghoul"ish\, a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike. | |
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Gillhouse \Gill"house`\, n. A shop where gill is sold. Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. --Pope. | |
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Gilse \Gilse\, n. [W. gleisiad, fr. glas blue.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Grilse}. | |
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Glase \Glase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glazing}.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See {Glass}.] 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. --Bacon. 2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like. Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak. 3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect. | |
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a 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 coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glass \Glass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glassing}.] 1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. --Motley. Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests. --Byron. 2. To case in glass. [R.] --Shak. 3. To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. --Boyle. 4. To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See {Wall-eyed}.] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth. Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be [bd]a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.[b8] But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion vitreum}) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also {glasseye}, {pike perch}, {yellow pike}, and {wall-eyed perch}. (b) A California surf fish ({Holconotus argenteus}). (c) The alewife; -- called also {wall-eyed herring}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glasseye \Glass"eye`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike. 2. (Far.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. --Youatt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See {Wall-eyed}.] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth. Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be [bd]a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.[b8] But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion vitreum}) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also {glasseye}, {pike perch}, {yellow pike}, and {wall-eyed perch}. (b) A California surf fish ({Holconotus argenteus}). (c) The alewife; -- called also {wall-eyed herring}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glasseye \Glass"eye`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike. 2. (Far.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. --Youatt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glassy \Glass"y\, a. 1. Made 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. 3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. [bd]In his glassy eye.[b8] --Byron. {Glassy feldspar} (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\ An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glaze \Glaze\, n. 1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See {Glaze}, v. t., 3. --Ure. 2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. 3. A glazing oven. See {Glost oven}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glaze \Glaze\, v. i. To become glazed of glassy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\ An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glaze \Glaze\, n. 1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See {Glaze}, v. t., 3. --Ure. 2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. 3. A glazing oven. See {Glost oven}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glaze \Glaze\, v. i. To become glazed of glassy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glazy \Glaz"y\, a. Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gleek \Gleek\, v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gleek \Gleek\, n. [OF. glic, G. gl[81]ck, fortune. See {Luck}.] 1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] --Pepys. Evelyn. 2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gleek \Gleek\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gel[be]can, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.] 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks ? --Shak. 2. [Cf. {Glicke}] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gleg \Gleg\, a. [Icel. gl[94]ggr.] Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glicke \Glicke\, n. [Cf. {Gleek}, n., 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty.] An ogling look. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glike \Glike\, n. [See {Gleek} a jest.] A sneer; a flout. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glose \Glose\, n. & v. See {Gloze}. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloss \Gloss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glossing}.] To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. The glossed and gleamy wave. --J. R. Drake. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloss \Gloss\, n. [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. [?] tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. {Gloze}, {Glossary}, {Glottis}.] 1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.] 2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. --Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. --T. Baker. 3. A false or specious explanation. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloss \Gloss\, v. t. 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. 2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. --Philips. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloss \Gloss\, n. [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.] 1. Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. --Hooker. 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. --Goldsmith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloss \Gloss\, v. i. 1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. --Dryden. 2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. --Prior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Glossa \[d8]Glos"sa\, n.; pl. {Gloss[?]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See {Hymenoptera}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glossy \Gloss"y\, a. [Compar. {Glossier}; superl. {Glossiest}.] [See {Gloss} luster.] 1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloze \Gloze\, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. --I. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloze \Gloze\, n. 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. --Shak. 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 false, glozing parasite. --South. So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton. 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gluish \Glu"ish\, a. Somewhat gluey. --Sherwood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goloe-shoe \Go*loe"-shoe`\, n. A galoche. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goloshe \Go*loshe"\, n. See {Galoche}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goldin \Gold"in\, Golding \Gold"ing\, n. (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ({Chrysanthemum segetum}). [This word is variously corrupted into {gouland}, {gools}, {gowan}, etc.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Gula \[d8]Gu"la\, n.; pl. L. {Gul[92]}, E. {Gulas}. [L., the throat, gullet.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat. (b) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum. 2. (Arch.) A capping molding. Same as {Cymatium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gulch \Gulch\, n. 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.] 2. A glutton. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gulch \Gulch\, v. t. [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. g[94]lka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.] To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gules \Gules\, n. [OE. goules, F. gueules, the same word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named from the red color of the throat. See {Gullet}, and cf. {Gula}.] (Her.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red. His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain In which two swords he bore; his word, [bd]Divide and reign.[b8] --P. Fletcher. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. --Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gulge \Gulge\, n. [Obs.] See {Gige}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gullage \Gull"age\, n. Act of being gulled. [Obs.] Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature? --B. Jonson | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gully \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gulles}. [Etymol. uncertain] A large knife. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gully \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gullies}. [Formerly gullet.] 1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry. 2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] {Gully gut}, a glutton. [Obs.] --Chapman. {Gully hole}, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water. | |
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Gullish \Gull"ish\, a. Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] {Gull"ish*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Galax, VA (city, FIPS 640) Location: 36.66450 N, 80.91772 W Population (1990): 6670 (2943 housing units) Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Galax, VA (city, FIPS 30208) Location: 36.66450 N, 80.91772 W Population (1990): 6670 (2943 housing units) Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24333 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glace, WV Zip code(s): 24942 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glasco, KS (city, FIPS 26375) Location: 39.36072 N, 97.83666 W Population (1990): 556 (314 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67445 Glasco, NY (CDP, FIPS 29014) Location: 42.04561 N, 73.95063 W Population (1990): 1538 (659 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) | |
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Glasgow, IL (village, FIPS 29496) Location: 39.54968 N, 90.47957 W Population (1990): 163 (70 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62694 Glasgow, KY (city, FIPS 31114) Location: 36.99913 N, 85.92154 W Population (1990): 12351 (5395 housing units) Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42141 Glasgow, MO (city, FIPS 27208) Location: 39.22698 N, 92.83792 W Population (1990): 1295 (556 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65254 Glasgow, MT (city, FIPS 31075) Location: 48.19850 N, 106.63187 W Population (1990): 3572 (1749 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59230 Glasgow, PA (borough, FIPS 29392) Location: 40.64458 N, 80.50856 W Population (1990): 74 (30 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Glasgow, VA (town, FIPS 31136) Location: 37.63463 N, 79.45292 W Population (1990): 1140 (472 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24555 Glasgow, WV (town, FIPS 31324) Location: 38.20978 N, 81.42256 W Population (1990): 906 (365 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
glass n. [IBM] Synonym for {silicon}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Gaelic For automated test programs. Used in military, essentially replaced by ATLAS. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Galaxy {RCC}. ["Introduction to the Galaxy Language", Anne F. Beetem et al, IEEE Software 6(3):55-62]. (1995-12-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GLASS General LAnguage for System Semantics. An {Esprit} project at the {University of Nijmegen}. {(ftp://phoibos.cs.kun.nl/pub/GLASS)}. (1995-01-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
glass (IBM) {silicon}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GLASS General LAnguage for System Semantics. An {Esprit} project at the {University of Nijmegen}. {(ftp://phoibos.cs.kun.nl/pub/GLASS)}. (1995-01-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
glass (IBM) {silicon}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Glish Glish is an interpretive language for building loosely-coupled distributed systems from modular, event-oriented programs. Written by Vern Paxson written in conventional languages such as C, C++, or Fortran. Glish scripts can create local and remote processes and control their communication. Glish also provides a full, array-oriented programming language (similar to {S}) for manipulating binary data sent between the processes. In general Glish uses a centralised communication model where interprocess communication passes through the Glish {interpreter}, allowing dynamic modification and rerouting of data values, but Glish also supports point-to-point links between processes when necessary for high performance. Version 2.4.1 includes an {interpreter}, {C++} {class} library and user manual. It requires C++ and there are ports to {SunOS}, {Ultrix}, an {HP/UX} (rusty). {(ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/glish/glish-2.4.1.tar.Z)}. ["Glish: A User-Level Software Bus for Loosely-Coupled Distributed Systems," Vern Paxson and Chris Saltmarsh, Proceedings of the 1993 Winter USENIX Conference, San Diego, CA, January, 1993]. (1993-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GLOS {Graphics Language Object System}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GLS {Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gallows Heb. 'ets, meaning "a tree" (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered "tree." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Glass was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A glass bottle with the name of Sargon on it was found among the ruins of the north-west palace of Nimroud. The Hebrew word _zekukith_ (Job 28:17), rendered in the Authorized Version "crystal," is rightly rendered in the Revised Version "glass." This is the only allusion to glass found in the Old Testament. It is referred to in the New Testament in Rev. 4:6; 15:2; 21:18, 21. In Job 37:18, the word rendered "looking-glass" is in the Revised Version properly rendered "mirror," formed, i.e., of some metal. (Comp. Ex. 38:8: "looking-glasses" are brazen mirrors, R.V.). A mirror is referred to also in James 1:23. |