English Dictionary: glochid | by the DICT Development Group |
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Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. [82]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. [bd]Electric Pindar.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. {Electric atmosphere}, [or] {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}. {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}. {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}. {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}. {Electric cat} (Zo[94]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}. {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}. {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {eel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}. {Electrical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}. {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. {Electrical light}, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under {Carbon}. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2. {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}. {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. {Electric ray} (Zo[94]l.), the torpedo. {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}. | |
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Galacta-gogue \Ga*lac"ta-gogue\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], milk + [?] to lead.] (Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk. | |
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Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}. | |
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Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] milky, fr. [?], [?], milk. See {Galaxy}, and cf. {Lactic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. {Galactic circle} (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. {Galactic poles}, the poles of the galactic circle. | |
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Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] milky, fr. [?], [?], milk. See {Galaxy}, and cf. {Lactic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. {Galactic circle} (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. {Galactic poles}, the poles of the galactic circle. | |
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Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] milky, fr. [?], [?], milk. See {Galaxy}, and cf. {Lactic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. {Galactic circle} (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. {Galactic poles}, the poles of the galactic circle. | |
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Galactin \Ga*lac"tin\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], milk. Cf. {Lactin}.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. (b) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree ({Galactodendron}). (c) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose. | |
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Cow tree \Cow" tree`\ (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.] (Bot.) A tree ({Galactodendron utile} or {Brosimum Galactodendron}) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. | |
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Galactodensimeter \Ga*lac`to*den*sim"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?], [?] + E. densimeter.] Same as {Galactometer}. | |
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Galactometer \Gal`ac*tom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], milk + -meter: cf. F. galactom[8a]tre. Cf. {Lactometer}.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer. | |
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Galactophagist \Gal`ac*toph"a*gist\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], milk + [?] to eat: cf. [?] to live on milk.] One who eats, or subsists on, milk. | |
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Galactophagous \Gal`ac*toph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. galactophade.] Feeding on milk. | |
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Galactophorous \Gal`ac*toph"o*rous\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?], [?], milk + [?] to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. {Lactiferous}.] (Anat.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands. | |
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Galactopoietic \Ga*lac`to*poi*et"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], milk + [?] capable of making; fr. [?] to make.] (Med.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance. | |
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Galactose \Ga*lac"tose\, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline sugar, {C6H12O6}, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also {lactose} (though it is not lactose proper). | |
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Grison \Gri"son\, n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See {Gris}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae ({Galictis vittata}). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called {South American glutton}. (b) A South American monkey ({Lagothrix infumatus}), said to be gluttonous. | |
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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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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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Gallstone \Gall"stone`\, n. A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See {Calculus}, n., 1. | |
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Fowl \Fowl\, n. Note: Instead of the pl. {Fowls} the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[86]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.] 1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. --Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen ({Gallus domesticus}). {Barndoor fowl}, [or] {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. | |
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Gaylussite \Gay"lus*site`\, n. [Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist.] (Min.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. | |
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Gelastic \Ge*las"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] inclined to laugh, from [?] to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. [bd]Gelastic muscles.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.] To turn to ice. | |
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Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. t. 1. To convert into, or cover with, ice. 2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. {Glaciated rocks}, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice. | |
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Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. t. 1. To convert into, or cover with, ice. 2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. {Glaciated rocks}, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice. | |
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Glaciation \Gla`ci*a"tion\, n. 1. Act of freezing. 2. That which is formed by freezing; ice. 3. The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena. | |
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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. | |
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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\, 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]: | |
Rupert's drop \Ru"pert's drop`\ A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also {Rupert's ball}, and {glass tear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
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Glassite \Glass"ite\, n. A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is [bd]no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding.[b8] The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass. | |
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Glasstonbury thorn \Glass"ton*bur*y thorn`\ (Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn. --Loudon. | |
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Gnome \Gnome\, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. [?] intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See {Know}.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A small owl ({Glaucidium gnoma}) of the Western United States. 4. [Gr. [?].] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham. | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Glaucodot \Glau"co*dot\, n. [Gr. [?] silvery, gray + [?] to give.] (Min.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic. | |
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Glissade \Glis*sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] 1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. 2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side. | |
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Glist \Glist\, n. [From {Glisten}.] Glimmer; mica. | |
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Glisten \Glis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See {Flash}. | |
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Glisten \Glis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See {Flash}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glisten \Glis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See {Flash}. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See {Glisten}.] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. --Shak. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, n. Glitter; luster. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, n. [Cf. OF. glistere.] Same as {Clyster}. Glisteringly \Glis"ter*ing*ly\, adv. In a glistering manner. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See {Glisten}.] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. --Shak. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See {Glisten}.] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. --Shak. | |
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Glister \Glis"ter\, n. [Cf. OF. glistere.] Same as {Clyster}. Glisteringly \Glis"ter*ing*ly\, adv. In a glistering manner. | |
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d8Glochidium \[d8]Glo*chid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Glochidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the point of an arrow.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills. | |
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Glochidiate \Glo*chid"i*ate\, a. [Gr. [?] point of an arrow.] (Bot.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. --Gray. | |
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Glossator \Glos*sa"tor\, n. [LL. See 3d {Gloss}.] A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] [bd]The . . . glossators of Aristotle.[b8] --Milman. | |
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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. | |
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Glost \Glost\, n. [See 1st {Gloss}.] (Ceramics) The lead glaze used for pottery. | |
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Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\ An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}. | |
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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. | |
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Glycide \Glyc"ide\, n. [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also {glycidic alcohol}. | |
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Glycidic \Gly*cid"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid. | |
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Glycide \Glyc"ide\, n. [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also {glycidic alcohol}. | |
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Glyster \Glys"ter\, n. (Med.) Same as {Clyster}. | |
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Golgotha \Gol"go*tha\, n. Calvary. See the Note under {Calvary}. | |
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Guilloched \Guil*loched"\, a. Waved or engine-turned. --Mollett. | |
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Gulist \Gu"list\, n. [L. gulo.] A glutton. [Obs.] | |
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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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Gulosity \Gu*los"i*ty\, n. [L. gulositas, fr. gulosus gluttonous. See {Gullet}.] Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Galestown, MD (town, FIPS 31250) Location: 38.56198 N, 75.71693 W Population (1990): 123 (51 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glastonbury, CT Zip code(s): 06033 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glastonbury Center, CT (CDP, FIPS 31270) Location: 41.70087 N, 72.59996 W Population (1990): 7082 (3228 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gloster, LA Zip code(s): 71030 Gloster, MS (town, FIPS 27820) Location: 31.19455 N, 91.01800 W Population (1990): 1323 (560 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39638 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glouster, OH (village, FIPS 30674) Location: 39.50280 N, 82.08476 W Population (1990): 2001 (837 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45732 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gulston, KY Zip code(s): 40830 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
glass tty /glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ n. A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the early `dumb' version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control). See {tube}, {tty}; compare {dumb terminal}, {smart terminal}. See "{TV Typewriters}" (Appendix A) for an interesting true story about a glass tty. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
glass tty /glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the early "dumb" version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control). See {tube}, {tty}; compare {dumb terminal}, {smart terminal}. See "{TV Typewriters}" for an interesting true story about a glass tty. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Guy Lewis Steele, Jr. contributions to the art of computing include the design of {Scheme} (in cooperation with {Gerald Sussman}) and the design of the original command set of {Emacs}. He is also known for his contribution to the {Jargon File} and for being the first to port {TeX} (from {WAITS} to {ITS}). He wrote the book "Common Lisp", which virtually defines the language. He was working at {Sun Microsystems, Inc.} from 1996 to the present (June 2001). (2001-06-14) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Golgotha the common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is interpreted by the evangelists as meaning "the place of a skull" (Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17). This name represents in Greek letters the Aramaic word Gulgaltha, which is the Hebrew Gulgoleth (Num. 1:2; 1 Chr. 23:3, 24; 2 Kings 9:35), meaning "a skull." It is identical with the word Calvary (q.v.). It was a little knoll rounded like a bare skull. It is obvious from the evangelists that it was some well-known spot outside the gate (comp. Heb. 13:12), and near the city (Luke 23:26), containing a "garden" (John 19:41), and on a thoroughfare leading into the country. Hence it is an untenable idea that it is embraced within the present "Church of the Holy Sepulchre." The hillock above Jeremiah's Grotto, to the north of the city, is in all probability the true site of Calvary. The skull-like appearance of the rock in the southern precipice of the hillock is very remarkable. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Golgotha, a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped |