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   Galician
         n 1: a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is
               between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese;
               sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect

English Dictionary: Glechoma hederaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gall gnat
n
  1. fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
    Synonym(s): gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gallican
adj
  1. relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism
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Gallicanism
n
  1. a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church
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Galwegian
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people
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gelignite
n
  1. a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
    Synonym(s): gelignite, gelly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gelsemium
n
  1. evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
    Synonym(s): Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium
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Gelsemium sempervirens
n
  1. poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
    Synonym(s): yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine, evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilgamesh
n
  1. a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilgamish
n
  1. legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics
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Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
n
  1. Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868)
    Synonym(s): Rossini, Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glasnost
n
  1. a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glass in
v
  1. enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass in]
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glass snake
n
  1. 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glassmaker
n
  1. someone who makes glass
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Glaucium
n
  1. herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy
    Synonym(s): Glaucium, genus Glaucium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glaucium flavum
n
  1. yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
    Synonym(s): horn poppy, horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy, Glaucium flavum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glaucoma
n
  1. an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness); "contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glaucomys
n
  1. New World flying squirrels [syn: Glaucomys, {genus Glaucomys}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glaucomys sabrinus
n
  1. large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada [syn: {northern flying squirrel}, Glaucomys sabrinus]
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Glaucomys volans
n
  1. small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States
    Synonym(s): southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glauconite
n
  1. a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glaux maritima
n
  1. a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers
    Synonym(s): sea milkwort, sea trifoly, black saltwort, Glaux maritima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glechoma
n
  1. ground ivy
    Synonym(s): Glechoma, genus Glechoma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glechoma hederaceae
n
  1. trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
    Synonym(s): ground ivy, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gleichenia
n
  1. type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand
    Synonym(s): Gleichenia, genus Gleichenia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gleichenia flabellata
n
  1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
    Synonym(s): umbrella fern, fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gleicheniaceae
n
  1. a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales [syn: Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glissando
adv
  1. (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"
n
  1. a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glockenspiel
n
  1. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
    Synonym(s): glockenspiel, orchestral bells
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glossina
n
  1. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
    Synonym(s): tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glossiness
n
  1. the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glossinidae
n
  1. flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies [syn: Glossinidae, family Glossinidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gloxinia
n
  1. any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gloxinia perennis
n
  1. herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers [syn: Canterbury bell, Gloxinia perennis]
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Gloxinia spesiosa
n
  1. South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers
    Synonym(s): florist's gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa, Gloxinia spesiosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glucinium
n
  1. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
    Synonym(s): beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glycine
n
  1. the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
  2. genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
    Synonym(s): Glycine, genus Glycine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glycine max
n
  1. erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
    Synonym(s): soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Golconda
n
  1. a source of great wealth (especially a mine)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goya y Lucientes
n
  1. Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
    Synonym(s): Goya, Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Goya, Francisco de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
  
      {Loblolly bay} (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen
            shrub or small tree, of the genus {Gordonia} ({G.
            Lasianthus}), growing in the maritime parts of the
            Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in
            tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree ({Laplacea
            h[91]matoxylon}).
  
      {Loblolly boy}, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.
            --Smollett.
  
      {Loblolly pine} (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from
            Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ({Pinus
            T[91]da}). Also, {P. Bahamensis}, of the West Indies.
  
      {Loblolly tree} (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees,
            having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no
            other respect; as {Pisonia subcordata}, {Cordia alba}, and
            {Cupania glabra}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Maholi \[d8]Ma*ho"li\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A South African lemur ({Galago maholi}), having very large
      ears. [Written also {moholi}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Naut.)
            (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
                  prevent a running eye from slipping.
            (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.
  
      3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
  
      4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
  
      5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  
      {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},
            {Flying}, etc.
  
      {Mouse bird} (Zo[94]l.), a coly.
  
      {Mouse deer} (Zo[94]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
  
      {Mouse galago} (Zo[94]l.), a very small West American galago
            ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a
            mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
  
      {Mouse hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A hawk that devours mice.
            (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.
  
      {Mouse lemur} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very
            small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in
            Madagascar.
  
      {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
            next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
            -- called also {mouse buttock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galician \Ga*li"cian\, a. [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L.
      Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western
      Spain.]
      Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the
      kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n. A native of Galicia in
      Spain; -- called also {Gallegan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galician \Ga*li"cian\, a. [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L.
      Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western
      Spain.]
      Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the
      kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n. A native of Galicia in
      Spain; -- called also {Gallegan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallegan \Gal*le"gan\ (g[acr]l*l[emac]"g[ait]n), Gallego
   \Gal*le"go\ (g[acr]l*l[emac]"g[osl] or g[adot]*ly[amac]"g[osl]),
      n. [Sp. Gallego.]
      A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallican \Gal"li*can\, a. [L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican.]
      Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the
      Gallican church or clergy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallican \Gal"li*can\, n.
      An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. --Shipley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallicanism \Gal"li*can*ism\, n.
      The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the
      Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to
      restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the
      power of the national church. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galsome \Gal"some\, a. [Gall bitterness + some.]
      Angry; malignant. [Obs.] --Bp. Morton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelsemine \Gel"se*mine\, n. (Chem.)
      An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ({Gelsemium
      sempervirens}), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance;
      -- called also {gelsemia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelsemic \Gel*se"mic\, a.
      Gelseminic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelsemine \Gel"se*mine\, n. (Chem.)
      An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ({Gelsemium
      sempervirens}), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance;
      -- called also {gelsemia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelseminic \Gel`se*min"ic\, n. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine
      ({Gelsemium sempervirens}); as, gelseminic acid, a white
      crystalline substance resembling esculin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n,
      Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf.
      {Jessamine}.] (Bot.)
      A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a
      peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the
      south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is
      {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East
      Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum
      sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are
      called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis}
      and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.]
  
      {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida},
            a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China,
            and hardy in the Southern United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelseminic \Gel`se*min"ic\, n. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine
      ({Gelsemium sempervirens}); as, gelseminic acid, a white
      crystalline substance resembling esculin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gelsemium \[d8]Gel*se"mium\, n. [NL., fr. It. gelsomino
      jasmine.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false)
            jasmine ({Gelsemium sempervirens}) is a native of the
            Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously
            fragrant flowers.
  
      2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial
            fevers, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelsemine \Gel"se*mine\, n. (Chem.)
      An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ({Gelsemium
      sempervirens}), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance;
      -- called also {gelsemia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geologer \Ge*ol"o*ger\, Geologian \Ge`o*lo"gi*an\, n.
      A geologist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass maker \Glass" mak`er\, [or] Glassmaker \Glass"mak`er\, n.
      One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- {Glass" mak`ing},
      [or] {Glass"mak`ing}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass maker \Glass" mak`er\, [or] Glassmaker \Glass"mak`er\, n.
      One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- {Glass" mak`ing},
      [or] {Glass"mak`ing}, n.

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]:
   Glassen \Glass"en\, a.
      Glassy; glazed. [Obs.]
  
               And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.   --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glassiness \Glass"i*ness\, n.
      The quality of being glassy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass \Glass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glassed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Glassing}.]
      1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used
            reflexively.
  
                     Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror.
                                                                              --Motley.
  
                     Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in
                     tempests.                                          --Byron.
  
      2. To case in glass. [R.] --Shak.
  
      3. To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. --Boyle.
  
      4. To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it
            with a glass burnisher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass maker \Glass" mak`er\, [or] Glassmaker \Glass"mak`er\, n.
      One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- {Glass" mak`ing},
      [or] {Glass"mak`ing}, n.

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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 maker \Glass" mak`er\, [or] Glassmaker \Glass"mak`er\, n.
      One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- {Glass" mak`ing},
      [or] {Glass"mak`ing}, n.

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   Glass-snail \Glass"-snail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus {Vitrina}.

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   Glass-snake \Glass"-snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A long, footless lizard ({Ophiosaurus ventralis}), of the
      Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the
      tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the
      length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar
      species found in the Old World.

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   Glasynge \Glas"ynge\, n.
      Glazing or glass. [Obs.]

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   Glaucine \Glau"cine\, a.
      Glaucous or glaucescent.

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   Glaucine \Glau"cine\, n. (Chem.)
      An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter,
      white, crystalline substance.

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   Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe,
      Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is
      larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon},
      {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of
      America ({G. Islandica}) is less common.

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   Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel.,
      Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L.
      cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium,
      cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the
      foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.]
      1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
            upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
            as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
            family consist externally of true horn, and are never
            shed.
  
      2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
            annually shed and renewed.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
            animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
            substance or form; esp.:
            (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
                  hornbill.
            (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
                  horned owl.
            (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
                  insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
            (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
                  the horned pout.
  
      4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
            in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}).
  
      5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
            (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
                  horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
                  elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
                  metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn
                  under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French
                  horn}, under {French}.
            (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
                  made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and
                  ale.[b8] --Mason.
            (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}.
                  [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8]
                  --Milton.
            (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
                  containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
                  carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and
                  anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
            (e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
            (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
                  projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
            (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
            (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
                  projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
            (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
                  plane.
            (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
                  Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught
                  hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28.
  
      6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
            or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
  
                     The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
                                                                              --Thomson.
  
      7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
            a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
  
                     Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton.
  
      8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
            composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
            with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
            as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
            cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
  
      9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
            or pride.
  
                     The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
                                                                              xviii. 2.
  
      10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
            [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
            axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}.
           
  
      {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}.
  
      {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
            substance of the horn.
  
      {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
            water.
  
      {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead.
  
      {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below).
  
      {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
            luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
            Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray.
  
      {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
            that of chicken pox.
  
      {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
            mercury.
  
      {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
            shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera.
  
      {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite.
  
      {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone.
  
      {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant
            pretension. [Colloq.]

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   Glaucomatous \Glau*co"ma*tous\, a.
      Having the nature of glaucoma.

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   Glaucometer \Glau*com"e*ter\, n.
      See {Gleucometer}.

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   Glauconite \Glau"co*nite\, n. [Cf. F. glauconite, glauconie, fr.
      L. glaucus. See {Glaucous}.] (Min.)
      The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the
      chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron
      and potash. See {Greensand}.

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   Sea milkwort \Sea" milk"wort`\ (Bot.)
      A low, fleshy perennial herb ({Glaux maritima}) found along
      northern seashores.

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   Glazen \Glaz"en\, a. [AS. gl[91]sen.]
      Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

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   Glazing \Glaz"ing\, n.
      1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with
            a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or
            rendering glossy.
  
      2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.
  
      3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any
            surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of
            pottery or porcelain, or of paper.
  
      4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed
            thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

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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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   Gleesome \Glee"some\, a.
      Merry; joyous; gleeful.

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   Gleucometer \Gleu*com"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] must + -meter: cf. F.
      gleucom[8a]tre.]
      An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and
      ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.

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   Glissando \Glis*san"do\, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant
      sliding.] (Mus.)
      A gliding effect; gliding.

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   Capsule \Cap"sule\, n. [L. capsula a little box or chest, fr.
      capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F.
      capsule.]
      1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several
            parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as,
            the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.)
            (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples
                  of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
            (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of
                  porcelain.
  
      3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous
            envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to
            be swallowed.
  
      4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an
            organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye.
            Also, a capsulelike organ.
  
      5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
  
      6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap,
            cartridge, etc.
  
      {Atrabiliary capsule}. See under {Atrabiliary}.
  
      {Glisson's capsule}, a membranous envelope, entering the
            liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the
            latter in their course through the organ.
  
      {Suprarenal capsule}, an organ of unknown function, above or
            in front of each kidney.

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   Glockenspiel \Glock"en*spiel`\, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel
      play.] (Music)
      An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod,
      now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a
      bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.

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   Glossanthrax \Glos*san"thrax\, n. [Gr. [?] tongue + E. anthrax:
      cf. F. glossanthrax.]
      A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in
      the mouth and on the tongue.

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   Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A venomous two-winged African fly ({Glossina morsitans})
      whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and
      cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts
      in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of
      the year. [Written also {tzetze}, and {tsetze}.]

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   Glossiness \Gloss"i*ness\, n. [From {Glossy}.]
      The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or
      brightness of a smooth surface. --Boyle.

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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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   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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   Glucina \Glu*ci"na\, n. [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called
      because it forms sweet salts. See {Glucinum}.] (Chem.)
      A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element
      glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

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   Glucinic \Glu*cin"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as,
      glucinic oxide.

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   Glucinum \Glu*ci"num\, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr.
      [?], sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] (Chem.)
      A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low
      specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs
      naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually
      with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals
      phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and
      danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was
      known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic
      weight 9.1. Called also {beryllium}. [Formerly written also
      {glucinium}.]

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   Glucinum \Glu*ci"num\, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr.
      [?], sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] (Chem.)
      A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low
      specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs
      naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually
      with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals
      phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and
      danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was
      known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic
      weight 9.1. Called also {beryllium}. [Formerly written also
      {glucinium}.]

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   Maltonic \Mal*ton"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif.,
      designating an acid called also {gluconic} or {dextronic}
      acid. See {Gluconic}.

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   Gluconic \Glu*con"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.
  
      {Gluconic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a
            colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; --
            called also {maltonic acid}, and {dextronic acid}.

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   Maltonic \Mal*ton"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif.,
      designating an acid called also {gluconic} or {dextronic}
      acid. See {Gluconic}.

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   Gluconic \Glu*con"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.
  
      {Gluconic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a
            colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; --
            called also {maltonic acid}, and {dextronic acid}.

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   Gluconic \Glu*con"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.
  
      {Gluconic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a
            colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; --
            called also {maltonic acid}, and {dextronic acid}.

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   Geoduck \Ge"o*duck\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A gigantic clam ({Glycimeris generosa}) of the Pacific coast
      of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

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   Glycocoll \Gly"co*coll\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste,
      formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid,
      and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also
      formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically,
      it is amido-acetic acid. Called also {glycin}, and
      {glycocin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glycin \Gly"cin\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      Same as {Glycocoll}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glycocoll \Gly"co*coll\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste,
      formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid,
      and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also
      formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically,
      it is amido-acetic acid. Called also {glycin}, and
      {glycocin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glycin \Gly"cin\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      Same as {Glycocoll}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soja \So"ja\ (s[omac]"j[adot] [or] s[omac]"y[adot]), n. (Bot.)
      An Asiatic leguminous herb ({Glycine Soja}) the seeds of
      which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glyconian \Gly*co"ni*an\, a. & n.
      Glyconic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glyconic \Gly*con"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] a kind of verse, so called
      from its inventor, Glycon.] (Pros.)
      Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; --
      applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n.
      (Pros.) A glyconic verse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glyconin \Gly"co*nin\, n.
      An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an
      ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glyoxime \Gly*ox"ime\, n. [Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.)
      A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the
      action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the
      class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances
      resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See
      {Oxime}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gullish \Gull"ish\, a.
      Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] {Gull"ish*ness}, n. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gallia County, OH (county, FIPS 53)
      Location: 38.82538 N, 82.32003 W
      Population (1990): 30954 (12564 housing units)
      Area: 1214.2 sq km (land), 6.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gholson, TX (city, FIPS 29408)
      Location: 31.71174 N, 97.23679 W
      Population (1990): 692 (264 housing units)
      Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gila County, AZ (county, FIPS 7)
      Location: 33.79729 N, 110.81816 W
      Population (1990): 40216 (22961 housing units)
      Area: 12349.4 sq km (land), 72.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Giles County, TN (county, FIPS 55)
      Location: 35.20236 N, 87.03574 W
      Population (1990): 25741 (10828 housing units)
      Area: 1582.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Giles County, VA (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 37.31911 N, 80.69785 W
      Population (1990): 16366 (7098 housing units)
      Area: 927.0 sq km (land), 8.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gilson, IL
      Zip code(s): 61436

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gilsum, NH
      Zip code(s): 03448

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gleason, TN (town, FIPS 29300)
      Location: 36.21562 N, 88.61018 W
      Population (1990): 1402 (583 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38229
   Gleason, WI
      Zip code(s): 54435

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Golconda, IL (city, FIPS 30133)
      Location: 37.36274 N, 88.48674 W
      Population (1990): 823 (427 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Golconda, NV
      Zip code(s): 89414

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gulkana, AK (CDP, FIPS 30500)
      Location: 62.25268 N, 145.39905 W
      Population (1990): 103 (60 housing units)
      Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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