Giles Lytton Strachey : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   galley slave
         n 1: a slave condemned to row in a galley
         2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: {drudge},
            {peon}, {navvy}, {galley slave}]

English Dictionary: Giles Lytton Strachey	by the DICT Development Group
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Gallus gallus n a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl Synonym(s): chicken, Gallus gallus a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl Synonym(s): red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus
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Giles Lytton Strachey n English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932) Synonym(s): Strachey, Lytton Strachey, Giles Lytton Strachey
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gill cleft n one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes Synonym(s): gill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleft
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gill slit n one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes Synonym(s): gill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleft
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glacial adj relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit" devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" Synonym(s): frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" Synonym(s): arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
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glacial boulder n a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin
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glacial epoch n any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" Synonym(s): ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution Synonym(s): Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch
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glacial period n any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" Synonym(s): ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch
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glacially adv by a glacier; "glacially deposited material"
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glass ceiling n a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
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glass lizard n snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail Synonym(s): glass lizard, glass snake, joint snake
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glass wool n glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
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glass-like adj resembling glass
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glassless adj not furnished with glass; "windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible" Synonym(s): unglazed, glassless Antonym(s): glassed, glazed
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glee club n a club organized to sing together
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Glis glis n large European dormouse Synonym(s): loir, Glis glis
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glossalgia n pain in the tongue Synonym(s): glossalgia, glossodynia
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glossily adv in a glossy manner; "the magazine was glossily printed"
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glossolalia n repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
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glycol n a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent Synonym(s): ethylene glycol, glycol, ethanediol any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule Synonym(s): diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol
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glycolic acid n a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes Synonym(s): glycolic acid, glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid
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glycollic acid n a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes Synonym(s): glycolic acid, glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid
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glycolysis n a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP
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glyoxaline n an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn: imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline]
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Gulo gulo n musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, {Gulo gulo}, wolverine]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallowglass \Gal"low*glass`\, n. [Ir. galloglach. Cf. {Gillie}.] A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward [?] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gill \Gill\, n. [Dan. gi[91]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g[84]l, Icel. gj[94]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.] 1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills. --Ray. Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air contained in the water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the visceral arches on either side of the neck. In invertebrates they occupy various situations. 2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle. 4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift. 5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles, needles. --Ure.] {Gill arches}, {Gill bars}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial arches}. {Gill clefts}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial clefts}. See under {Branchial}. {Gill cover}, {Gill lid}. See {Operculum}. {Gill frame}, [or] {Gill head} (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. --Knight. {Gill net}, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves. {Gill opening}, [or] {Gill slit} (Anat.), an opening behind and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by which the water from the gills is discharged. In most fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side. {Gill rakes}, [or] {Gill rakers} (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.
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Slit \Slit\, n. [AS. slite.] A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear. {Gill slit}. (Anat.) See {Gill opening}, under {Gill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gill \Gill\, n. [Dan. gi[91]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g[84]l, Icel. gj[94]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.] 1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills. --Ray. Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air contained in the water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the visceral arches on either side of the neck. In invertebrates they occupy various situations. 2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle. 4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift. 5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles, needles. --Ure.] {Gill arches}, {Gill bars}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial arches}. {Gill clefts}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial clefts}. See under {Branchial}. {Gill cover}, {Gill lid}. See {Operculum}. {Gill frame}, [or] {Gill head} (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. --Knight. {Gill net}, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves. {Gill opening}, [or] {Gill slit} (Anat.), an opening behind and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by which the water from the gills is discharged. In most fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side. {Gill rakes}, [or] {Gill rakers} (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gillie Gilly \Gil"lie Gil"ly\, n. [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.] A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. --Sir W. Scott.
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Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. --Lyell. 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. {Glacial acid} (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. {Glacial drift} (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. {Glacial} {epoch [or] period} (Geol.), a period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops. {Glacial} {theory [or] hypothesis}. (Geol.) See {Glacier theory}, under {Glacier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. --Lyell. 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. {Glacial acid} (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. {Glacial drift} (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. {Glacial} {epoch [or] period} (Geol.), a period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops. {Glacial} {theory [or] hypothesis}. (Geol.) See {Glacier theory}, under {Glacier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. --Lyell. 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. {Glacial acid} (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. {Glacial drift} (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. {Glacial} {epoch [or] period} (Geol.), a period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops. {Glacial} {theory [or] hypothesis}. (Geol.) See {Glacier theory}, under {Glacier}.
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Phenol \Phe"nol\, n. [Gr. [?] to show + -ol: cf. F. ph[82]nol.] (Chem.) 1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, {C6H5OH}, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar. Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote, which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is of the type of alcohols, and is called also {phenyl alcohol}, but has acid properties, and hence is popularly called {carbolic acid}, and was formerly called {phenic acid}. It is a powerful caustic poison, and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic. 2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. {Glacial phenol} (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid. {Phenol acid} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which are at once derivatives of both phenol and some member of the fatty acid series; thus, salicylic acid is a phenol acid.
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Phosphoric \Phos*phor"ic\, a. [Cf. F. phosphorique.] 1. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds. 2. Phosphorescent. [bd]A phosphoric sea.[b8] --Byron. {Glacial phosphoric acid}. (Chem.) (a) Metaphosphoric acid in the form of glassy semitransparent masses or sticks. (b) Pure normal phosphoric acid. {Phosphoric acid} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, {H3PO4}, which is the most highly oxidized acid of phosphorus, and forms an important and extensive series of compounds, viz., the phosphates. {Soluble phosphoric acid}, {Insoluble phosphoric acid} (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid combined in acid salts, or in neutral or basic salts, which are respectively soluble and insoluble in water or in plant juices. {Reverted phosphoric acid} (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid changed from acid (soluble) salts back to neutral or basic (insoluble) salts.
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Glacialist \Gla"cial*ist\, n. One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
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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]:
Sandiver \San"di*ver\, n. [Perh. fr. OF. sa[8b]n grease, fat + de of + verre glass (cf. {Saim}), or fr. F. sel de verre sandiver.] A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also {glass gall}. [Formerly written also {sandever}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
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\, 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]:
Glassily \Glass"i*ly\, adv. So as to resemble glass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glassologist \Glassol"ogist\, n. One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glee club \Glee club\ A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossal \Glos"sal\, a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossily \Gloss"i*ly\, adv. In a glossy manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossly \Gloss"ly\, adv. Like gloss; specious. --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossohyal \Glos`so*hy"al\, a. [Gr. [?] the tongue + the letter [?].] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Glossolalia \[d8]Glos`sola"lia\, Glossolaly \Glossol"aly\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] tongue + [?] talk: cf. F. glossolalie.] The gift of tongues. Farrar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossological \Glos`solog"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to glossology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossology \Glossol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] tongue + -logy: cf. F. glossologie. See 3d {Gloss}.] 1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary. 2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycol \Gly"col\, n. [Glycerin + -ol. See {Glycerin}.] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, {C2H4(OH)2}, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also {hydroxyacetic acid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also {hydroxyacetic acid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolide \Gly"co*lide\, n. [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, {C4H4O}, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also {glycollide}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolide \Gly"co*lide\, n. [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, {C4H4O}, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also {glycollide}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycoluric \Gly`co*lu"ric\, a. [Glycol + uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycoluril \Gly`co*lu"ril\, n. [Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allanto[8b]n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolyl \Gly"co*lyl\, n. [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, {CO.CH2}, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydantoin \Hydan"toin\, n. [Hydrogen + allantion.] (Chem.) A derivative of urea, {C3H4N2O2}, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also {glycolyl urea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyoxal \Gly*ox"al\, n. [Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, {(CO.H)2}, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyoxalic \Gly`ox*al"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also {glyoxylic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyoxaline \Glyox"aline\, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base, {C3H4N2}, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also {oxaline}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyoxalic \Gly`ox*al"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also {glyoxylic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gulgul \Gul"gul\, n. [Hind. galgal.] A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gilgal rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a permanent camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside the oaks of Moreh," near which Abraham erected his first altar (Gen. 12:6, 7). This was one of the three towns to which Samuel resorted for the administration of justice (1 Sam. 7:16), and here also he offered sacrifices when the ark was no longer in the tabernacle at Shiloh (1 Sam. 10:8; 13:7-9). To this place, as to a central sanctuary, all Israel gathered to renew their allegiance to Saul (11:14). At a later period it became the scene of idolatrous worship (Hos. 4:15; 9:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Jiljilieh, about 5 miles south-west of Shiloh and about the same distance from Bethel. (2.) The place in "the plains of Jericho," "in the east border of Jericho," where the Israelites first encamped after crossing the Jordan (Josh. 4:19, 20). Here they kept their first Passover in the land of Canaan (5:10) and renewed the rite of circumcision, and so "rolled away the reproach" of their Egyptian slavery. Here the twelve memorial stones, taken from the bed of the Jordan, were set up; and here also the tabernacle remained till it was removed to Shiloh (18:1). It has been identified with Tell Jiljulieh, about 5 miles from Jordan. (3.) A place, probably in the hill country of Ephraim, where there was a school of the prophets (2 Kings 4:38), and whence Elijah and Elisha, who resided here, "went down" to Bethel (2:1,2). It is mentioned also in Deut. 11:30. It is now known as Jiljilia, a place 8 miles north of Bethel.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Gilgal, wheel; rolling; heap