GLORIOSERGlo`ri*o"ser, n. Etym: [From L. gloriosus boastful.]
Defn: A boaster. [Obs.] Greene.
GLORIOSOGlo`ri*o"so, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A boaster. [Obs.] Fuller.
GLORIOUS Glo"ri*ous, a. Etym: [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]
1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Milton.
2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.] Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious. Shak.
3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.] kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er all the ills of life victorious. Burns. During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time. Dryden.
Syn.— Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious; celebrated;magnificent; grand; splendid.— Glo"ri*ous*ly, adv.— Glo"ri*ous*ness, n. Udall.Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. Ex. xv. 21.I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. B. Jonson.
GLORY Glo"ry, n. Etym: [OE. glorie, OF. glorie, gloire, F. gloire, fr. L. gloria; prob. akin to Gr. glory, praise, to hear. See Loud.]
1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14. Spread his glory through all countries wide. Spenser.
2. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak. Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young.
3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.
4. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii. 24.
5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
Note: This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole. Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. — Glory pea (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. — Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.
GLORYGlo"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloried; p. pr. & vb. n. Glorying.] Etym:[OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L. gloriari, fr. gloria glory. SeeGlory, n.]
1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. Glory ye in his holy name. Ps. cv.
2. To boast; to be proud.God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord JesusChrist. Gal. vi. 14No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.
GLOSEGlose, n. & v.
Defn: See Gloze. Chaucer.
GLOSERGlos"er, n.
Defn: See Glosser.
GLOSS Gloss, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]
1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker.
2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith.
GLOSSGloss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glossing.]
Defn: 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.
GLOSS Gloss, n. Etym: [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis.]
1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]
2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker.
3. A false or specious explanation. Dryden.
GLOSSGloss, v. t.
1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips.
GLOSSGloss, v. i.
1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden.
2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.
GLOSSAGlos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
GLOSSALGlos"sal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
GLOSSANTHRAXGlos*san"thrax, n. Etym: [Gr. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.]
Defn: A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
GLOSSARIALGlos*sa"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.
GLOSSARIALLYGlos*sa"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a glossary.
GLOSSARISTGlos"sa*rist, n.
Defn: A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.
GLOSSARYGlos"sa*ry, n.; pl. Gossaries. Etym: [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf.F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.]
Defn: A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.
GLOSSATAGlos*sa"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Glossa.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Lepidoptera.
GLOSSATORGlos*sa"tor, n. Etym: [LL. See 3d Gloss.]
Defn: A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.
GLOSSERGloss"er, n. Etym: [See lst Gloss.]
Defn: A polisher; one who gives a luster.
GLOSSERGloss"er, n. Etym: [See 3d Gloss.]
Defn: A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. L. Addison.
GLOSSICGlos"sic, n. Etym: [L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3dGloss.]
Defn: A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values ofEnglish letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent onesound only.Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis.
GLOSSILYGloss"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a glossy manner.
GLOSSINESSGloss"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Glossy.]
Defn: The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.
GLOSSISTGloss"ist, n.
Defn: A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.
GLOSSITISGlos*si"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the tongue.
GLOSSLYGloss"ly, adv.
Defn: Like gloss; specious. Cowley.
GLOSSOCOMONGlos*soc"o*mon, n.Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A kind of hoisting winch.
GLOSSOEPIGLOTTICGlos`so*ep`i*glot"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. epiglottic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.
GLOSSOGRAPHERGlos"sog"ra*pher, n. Etym: [Gr. Gloss.]
Defn: A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.
GLOSSOGRAPHICALGlos`so*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to glossography.
GLOSSOGRAPHYGlos"sog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [See Glossographer.]
Defn: The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.
GLOSSOHYALGlos`so*hy"al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
GLOSSOLALIA; GLOSSOLALYGlos`so*la"li*a, Glos*sol"a*ly, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. glossolalie.]
Defn: The gift of tongues. Farrar.
GLOSSOLOGICALGlos`so*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to glossology.
GLOSSOLOGISTGlos*sol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
GLOSSOLOGYGlos*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. glossologie. See 3dGloss.]
1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEALGlos`so*phar`yn*ge"al, a. Etym: [Gr. pharyngeal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; — applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. — n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.
GLOSSY Gloss"y, a. [Compar. Glossier; superl. Glossiest.] Etym: [See Gloss luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
GLOST OVENGlost" ov`en.
Defn: An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; — also called glaze kiln, or glaze.
GLOTTALGlot"tal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic. Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet.
GLOTTIC; GLOTTIDEANGlot"tic, Glot*tid"e*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.
GLOTTISGlot"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Gloss an explanatory remark.](Anat.)
Defn: The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
GLOTTOLOGICALGlot`to*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to glottology.
GLOTTOLOGISTGlot*tol"o*gist, n.
Defn: A linguist; a philologist.
GLOTTOLOGYGlot*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.
GLOUTGlout, v. i. Etym: [Scot. Cf. Gloat.]
Defn: To pout; to look sullen. [Obs.] Garth.
GLOUTGlout, v. t.
Defn: To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. [Obs.] Wright.
GLOVEGlove, n. Etym: [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl; akin to Icel. gl, cf.Goth. l palm of the hand, Icel. l.]
1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing. — Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in wich the fighters wear boxing gloves. — Glove money or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. — Glove sponge (Zoöl.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis). — To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." J. H. Newman. — To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] — To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. — To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.
GLOVEGlove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.]
Defn: To cover with, or as with, a glove.
GLOVERGlov"er, n.
Defn: One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture or stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.
GLOWGlow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] Etym:[AS. gl; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. gl, Dan.gloende glowing. Gloom.]
1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandenscent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.
2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.
3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats Addison. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay.
4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism. With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden. Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. Pope.
GLOWGlow, v. t.
Defn: To make hot; to flush. [Poetic] Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.
GLOWGlow, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.
3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor. The red glow of scorn. Shak.
4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.
GLOWBARDGlow"bard, n. Etym: [See Globard.]
Defn: The glowworm. [Obs.]
GLOWERGlow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glowering.]Etym: [Cf. Gloar.]
Defn: to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.
GLOWINGLYGlow"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.
GLOWLAMPGlow"lamp`, n.
1. (Chem.)
Defn: An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
2. (Elect.)
Defn: An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.
GLOWWORMGlow"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvæ of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak.
Note: The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the female. In America, the luminous larvæ of several species of fireflies and fire beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are winged when mature. See Firefly.
GLOXINIAGlox*in"i*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell- shaped blossoms; — named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.
GLOZEGloze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] Etym:[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.
GLOZEGloze, v. t.
Defn: To smooth over; to palliate.By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.
GLOZEGloze, n.
1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.
2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
GLOZERGloz"er, n.
Defn: A flatterer. [Obs.] Gifford (1580).
GLUCICGlu"cic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.
GLUCINA Glu*ci"na, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; — formerly called glucine.
GLUCINICGlu*cin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.
GLUCINUMGlu*ci"num, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr. Glycerin.](Chem.)
Defn: 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.]
GLUCOGENGlu"co*gen, n. [R.]
Defn: See Glycogen.
GLUCOGENESISGlu`co*gen"e*sis, n.
Defn: Glycogenesis. [R.]
GLUCONICGlu*con"ic, a.
Defn: 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.
GLUCOSEGlu"cose`, n. Etym: [Gr. Glycerin.]
1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.
GLUCOSIDEGlu"co*side, n. Etym: [See Glucose.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.
GLUCOSURIAGlu`co*su"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.
GLUE Glue, n. Etym: [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.]
Defn: A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. — Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. — Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). — Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. — Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.
GLUE Glue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glued; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] Etym: [F. gluer. See Glue, n.]
Defn: To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak.
GLUEPOTGlue"pot`, n.
Defn: A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.
GLUERGlu"er, n.
Defn: One who cements with glue.
GLUEYGlu"ey, a.
Defn: Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
GLUEYNESSGlu"ey*ness, n.
Defn: Viscidity.
GLUISHGlu"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat gluey. Sherwood.
GLUMGlum, n. Etym: [See Gloom.]
Defn: Sullenness. [Obs.] Skelton.
GLUMGlum, a.
Defn: Moody; silent; sullen.I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray.
GLUMGlum, v. i.
Defn: To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [Obs.]Hawes.
GLUMACEOUSGlu*ma"ceous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glumancé. See Glume.]
Defn: Having glumes; consisting of glumes.
GLUMALGlu"mal, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume.
GLUME Glume, n. Etym: [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)
Defn: The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.
GLUMELLA; GLUMELLEGlu*mel"la, Glu"melle, n. Etym: [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
GLUMLYGlum"ly, adv.
Defn: In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.
GLUMMYGlum"my, a. Etym: [See Gloom.]
Defn: dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]
GLUMNESSGlum"ness, n.
Defn: Moodiness; sullenness.
GLUMPGlump, v. i. Etym: [See Glum.]
Defn: To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]
GLUMPYGlump"y, a.
Defn: Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] "He was glumpy enough." T. Hook.
GLUNCHGlunch, a. Etym: [Cf. Glump.]
Defn: Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott.— n.
Defn: A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
GLUTGlut, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting.] Etym:[OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr.gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut.]
1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.
2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
GLUTGlut, v. i.
Defn: To eat gluttonously or to satiety. Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.
GLUTGlut, n.
1. That which is swallowed. Milton
2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market. A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.
3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4. (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.] (b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. Raymond. (c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. Knight. (d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin. (e) A block used for a fulcrum.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe,Asia, the West Indies, etc.
GLUTACONICGlu`ta*con"ic, a. Etym: [Glutaric + aconitic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.
GLUTAEUSGlu*tæ"us, n. Etym: [NL. See Gluteal.] (Anat.)
Defn: The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
Note: In man, the glutæus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.
GLUTAMICGlu*tam"ic, a. Etym: [Gluten + -amic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to gluten. Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; — called also amido-glutaric acid.C5H9NO4.
GLUTARICGlu*tar"ic, a. Etym: [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; — called also normal pyrotartaric acid.
GLUTAZINEGlu"ta*zine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.
GLUTEALGlu"te*al, a. Etym: [G. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.
GLUTENGlu"ten, n. Etym: [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue.] (Chem.)
Defn: The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.
Note: Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and ia a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; — used in cases of diabetes. — Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. — Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.
GLUTEUSGlu*te"us, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Glutæus.
GLUTINGlu"tin, n. Etym: [See Gluten.] (Chem.)
1. Same as Gliadin.
2. Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin. [R.]
GLUTINATEGlu"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutinated; p. pr. & vb. n.Glutinating.] Etym: [L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr.gluten glue.]
Defn: To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey.
GLUTINATIONGlu`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. glutinatio: cf. F. glutination.]
Defn: The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.
GLUTINATIVEGlu"ti*na*tive, a. Etym: [L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif.]
Defn: Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
GLUTINOSITYGlu`ti*nos"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glutinosité .]
Defn: The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]
GLUTINOUS Glu"ti*nous, a. Etym: [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.]
1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
GLUTINOUSNESSGlu"ti*nous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being glutinous.
GLUTTON Glut"ton, n. Etym: [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); — called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
GLUTTONGlut"ton, a.
Defn: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
GLUTTONGlut"ton, v. t. & i.
Defn: To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace.Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.
GLUTTONISHGlut"ton*ish, a.
Defn: Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.
GLUTTONIZEGlut"ton*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gluttonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Gluttonizing.]
Defn: To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.
GLUTTONOUSGlut"ton*ous, a.
Defn: Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite;voracious; as, a gluttonous age.— Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv.— Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.
GLUTTONY Glut"ton*y, n.; pl. Gluttonies. Etym: [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.]
Defn: Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite forfood; voracity.Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.
GLYCERATEGlyc"er*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of glyceric acid.
GLYCERICGly*cer"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.
GLYCERIDEGlyc"er*ide, n. Etym: [See Glycerin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.
GLYCERIN; GLYCERINE Glyc"er*in, Glyc"er*ine (, n. Etym: [F. glycérine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. Glucose, Licorice.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.
Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.
GLYCERITEGlyc"er*ite, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.
GLYCEROLGlyc"er*ol, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Glycerin.
GLYCEROLEGlyc"er*ole, n. Etym: [F. glycérolé.] (Med.)
Defn: Same as Glycerite.
GLYCERYLGlyc"er*yl, n. Etym: [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.
GLYCIDEGlyc"ide, n. Etym: [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; — called also glycidic alcohol.
GLYCIDICGly*cid"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.
GLYCINGly"cin, n. Etym: [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Glycocoll.
GLYCOCHOLATEGly`co*cho"late, n. Etym: [Glycocoll + cholic.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
GLYCOCHOLICGly`co*chol"ic, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.
GLYCOCINGly"co*cin, n. Etym: [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Glycocoll.
GLYCOCOLLGly"co*coll, n. Etym: [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GLYCOGENGly"co*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen: cf. F. glycogène.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
GLYCOGENICGly`co*gen"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.
GLYCOGENY; GLYCOGENESISGly*cog"e*ny, Gly`co*gen"e*sis, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
GLYCOL Gly"col, n. Etym: [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. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
GLYCOLICGly*col"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GLYCOLIDEGly"co*lide, n. Etym: [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also glycollide.]
GLYCOLURICGly`co*lu"ric, a. Etym: [Glycol + uric.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
GLYCOLURILGly`co*lu"ril, n. Etym: [Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn.
GLYCOLYLGly"co*lyl, n. Etym: [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
GLYCONIANGly*co"ni*an, a. & n.
Defn: Glyconic.
GLYCONICGly*con"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Glycon.] (Pros.)
Defn: Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; — applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. — n. (Pros.)
Defn: A glyconic verse.
GLYCONINGly"co*nin, n.
Defn: An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.
GLYCOSEGly"cose, n. [Gr. sweet + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.
GLYCOSINEGly"co*sine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
GLYCOSOMETERGly`co*som"e*ter, n. [Gr. sweet + -meter.] (Med.)
Defn: An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.
GLYCOSURIAGly`co*su"ri*a, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Gluoosuria.
GLYCYRRHIZAGlyc`yr*rhi"za, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Licorice.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
GLYCYRRHIZIMICGlyc`yr*rhi*zim"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.
GLYCYRRHIZINGly*cyr"rhi*zin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.](Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.
GLYN; GLYNNEGlyn, Glynne, n.
Defn: A glen. See Glen.
Note: [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland,as Glen does in Scotland.]He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within thosenarrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot. Spenser.
GLYOXALGly*ox"al, n. Etym: [Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GLYOXALICGly`ox*al"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also glyoxylic.]
GLYOXALINEGly*ox"a*line, n. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GLYOXIMEGly*ox"ime, n. Etym: [Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GLYPHGlyph, n. Etym: [Gr. glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split.] (Arch.)
Defn: A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
GLYPHICGlyph"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
GLYPHOGRAPHGlyph"o*graph, n.
Defn: A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.
GLYPHOGRAPHICGlyph`o*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to glyphography.
GLYPHOGRAPHYGly*phog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
GLYPTICGlyp"tic, a. Etym: [See Glyph.]
1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
2. (Min.)
Defn: Figured; marked as with figures.
GLYPTICSGlyp"tics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glyptique. See Glyph.]
Defn: The art of engraving on precious stones.
GLYPTODONGlyp"to*don, n. Etym: [Gr. Glyph.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.
GLYPTODONTGlyp"to*dont, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: One of a family (glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.
GLYPTOGRAPHICGlyp`to*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glyptographique.]
Defn: Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]
GLYPTOGRAPHYGlyp*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. glyptographie.]
Defn: The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]
GLYPTOTHECAGlyp`to*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
GLYSTERGlys"ter, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Clyster.
GMELINITEGmel"in*ite, n. Etym: [Named after the German chemist Gmelin.] (Min.)
Defn: A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.
GNAPHALIUMGna*pha"li*um, n. Etym: [Nl., from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
GNARGnar, n. Etym: [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf.Knar, Knur, Gnarl.]
Defn: A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; — written also gnarr. [Archaic] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.
GNARGnar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.] Etym:[See Gnarl.]
Defn: To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; — written also gnarr. [Archaic]At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre.Spenser.A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.
GNARLGnarl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.] Etym:[From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren.D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
Defn: To growl; to snarl.And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.
GNARLGnarl, n. Etym: [See Gnar, n.]
Defn: a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
GNARLEDGnarled, a.
Defn: Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak. Shak.
GNARLYGnarl"y, a.
Defn: Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
GNASHGnash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.] Etym:[OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn to gnash,Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.]
Defn: To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
GNASHGnash, v. i.
Defn: To grind or strike the teeth together.There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame.Milton.
GNASHINGLYGnash"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With gnashing.
GNATGnat, n. Etym: [AS. gnæt.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.
2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc. Gnat catcher (Zoöl.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. — Gnat flower, the bee flower. — Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; — called also gnat owl. — Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. — Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.
GNATHICGnath"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the jaw. Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; — called also alveolar index. Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. Flower.
GNATHIDIUMGna*thid"i*um, n.; pl. Gnathidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; — commonly used in the plural.
GNATHITEGnath"ite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.
GNATHONIC; GNATHONICAL Gna*thon"ic, Gna*thon"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the "Eunuchus" of Terence, Gr.
Defn: Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]
GNATHOPODGnath"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. -pod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.
GNATHOPODITEGna*thop"o*dite, n. (Zoöl,)
Defn: Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.
GNATHOSTEGITEGna*thos"te*gite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.
GNATHOSTOMAGna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]
GNATHOTHECAGnath`o*the"ca, n.; pl. GnathothecÆ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
GNATLINGGnat"ling, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small gnat.
GNATWORMGnat"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The aquatic larva of a gnat; — called also, colloquially, wiggler.
GNAWGnaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] Etym:[OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G.nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden.
2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10.
3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
GNAWGnaw, v. i.
Defn: To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as ineating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, orunmanageable.I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. SirP. Sidney.
GNAWERGnaw"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rodent.
GNEISSGneiss, n. Etym: [G.] (Geol.)
Defn: A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.
GNEISSICGneis"sic, a.
Defn: Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.
GNEISSOIDGneis"soid, a. Etym: [Gneiss+ -old.]
Defn: Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; — applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
GNEISSOSEGneis"sose`, a.
Defn: Having the structure of gneiss.
GNEWGnew, obs.
Defn: imp. of Gnaw. Chaucer.
GNIDEGnide (nid), v. t. Etym: [AS. gnidan.]
Defn: To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.]
Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.
GNOFGnof, n.
Defn: Churl; curmudgeon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GNOME Gnome, n. Etym: [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. Know.]
1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
4. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.
GNOMIC; GNOMICALGnom"ic, Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]
Defn: Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.
GNOMICALGnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Gnomon.]
Defn: Gnomonical. Boyle.
GNOMICALLYGnom"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.
GNOMOLOGIC; GNOMOLOGICALGno`mo*log"ic, Gno`mo*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.
GNOMOLOGYGno*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. gnomologie.]
Defn: A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.
GNOMONGno"mon, n. Etym: [L. gnomon, Gr. Gnome.]
1. (Dialing)
Defn: The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.
3. (Geom.)
Defn: The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
4. The index of the hour circle of a globe.
GNOMONIC; GNOMONICALGno*mon"ic, Gno*mon"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. gnomonicus, Gr. gnomonique.See Gnomon.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing. Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. "The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial." Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.
GNOMONICALLYGno*mon"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.
GNOMONICSGno*mon"ics, n. Etym: [See Gnomonic.]
Defn: The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.
GNOMONISTGno"mon*ist, n.
Defn: One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle.
GNOMONOLOGYGno`mon*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gnomon + -logy. Cf. Gnomonology.]
Defn: A treatise on gnomonics.
GNOSCOPINEGnos"co*pine, n. Etym: [Gr. gignw`skein to know + E. opium] (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.
GNOSISGno"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.)
Defn: The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.
GNOSTICGnos"tic, a.
1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, theGnostic heresy.
GNOSTIC Gnos"tic, n. Etym: [L. gnosticus, Gr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.
GNOSTICISMGnos"ti*cism, n.
Defn: The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
GNOWGnow, obs. imp. of Gnaw.
Defn: Gnawed. Chaucer.
GNUGnu, n. Etym: [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zoöl.)