Chapter 665

The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden.

He, glad of her attention gained. Milton.

As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak.

Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak.

Glad on 't , glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sir P. Sidney.

Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton.

Syn. -- Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. -- Glad , Delighted , Gratified . Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad . Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

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Glad , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gladded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding .] [AS. gladian . See Glad , a. , and cf. Gladden , v. t. ] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

Chaucer.

That which gladded all the warrior train. Dryden.

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope.

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Glad , v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.]

Massinger.

Gladden <Xpage=628>

Glad"den (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gladdened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening (?) .] [See Glad , v. t. ] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.

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Glad"den , v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.

The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.

Gladder <Xpage=628>

Glad"der (?) , n. One who makes glad.

Chaucer.

Glade <Xpage=628>

Glade (?) , n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad , a.; cf. also W. golead , goleuad , a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

There interspersed in lawns and opening glades . Pope.

2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]

3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]

Bottom glade . See under Bottom . -- Glade net , in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

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Gla"den (?) , n. [AS. gl\'91dene , cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole .] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris f\'d2tidissima . [Written also gladwyn , gladdon , and glader .]

Gladeye <Xpage=628>

Glad"eye` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European yellow-hammer.

Gladful <Xpage=628>

Glad"ful (?) , a. Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad"ful*ness , n. [R.]

Spenser.

It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser.

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Glad"i*ate (?) , a. [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Gladiator <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*a`tor (?) , n. [L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive .] 1. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.

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Glad`i*a*to"ri*al (?) , Glad`i*a*to"ri*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

Gladiatorism <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*a`tor*ism (?) , n. The art or practice of a gladiator.

Gladiatorship <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*a`tor*ship , n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.

Gladiatory <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*a*to*ry (?) , a. [L. gladiatorius .] Gladiatorial. [R.]

Gladiature <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*a*ture (?) , n. [L. gladiatura .] Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.

Gayton.

Gladiole <Xpage=628>

Glad"i*ole (?) , n. [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See Glaive .] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus ; -- called also corn flag .

Gladiolus <Xpage=628>

Gla*di"o*lus (?) , n. ; pl. L. Gladioli (#) , E. Gladioluses (#) . [L. See Gladiole .]

1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

2. (Anat.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.

Gladius <Xpage=628>

Gla"di*us (?) , n. ; pl. Gladii (#) . [L., a sword.] (Zo\'94l.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

Gladly <Xpage=628>

Glad"ly (?) , adv. [From Glad , a. ]

1. Preferably; by choice. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.

The common people heard him gladly . Mark xii. 37.

Gladness <Xpage=628>

Glad"ness (?) , n. [AS. gl\'91dnes .] State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.

They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46.

&hand; Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth , merriment , gayety , and triumph , and it usually expresses less than delight . It sometimes expresses great joy.

The Jews had joy and gladness , a feast and a good day. Esther viii. 17.

Gladship <Xpage=628>

Glad"ship , n. [AS. gl\'91dscipe .] A state of gladness. [Obs.]

Gower.

Gladsome <Xpage=628>

Glad"some (?) , a. 1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.

Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior.

-- Glad"some*ly , adv. -- Glad"some*ness , n.

Hours of perfect gladsomeness . Wordsworth.

Gladstone <Xpage=628>

Glad"stone (?) , n. [Named after Wm. E. Gladstone .] A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

Gladwyn <Xpage=628>

Glad"wyn (?) , n. (Bot.) See Gladen .

Glair <Xpage=628>

Glair (?) , n. [F. glaire , glaire d'<?/uf, the glair of an egg, prob. fr. L. clarus clear, bright. See Clear , a. ]

1. The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

Glair <Xpage=628>

Glair , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glaired (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glairing .] To smear with the white of an egg.

Glaire <Xpage=628>

Glaire (?) , n. See Glair .

Glaireous <Xpage=628>

Glair"e*ous (?) , a. Glairy; covered with glair.

Glairin <Xpage=628>

Glair"in (?) , n. A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin .

Glairy <Xpage=628>

Glair"y (?) , a. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.

Wiseman.

Glaive <Xpage=628>

Glaive (?) , n. [F. glaive , L. gladius ; prob. akin to E. claymore . Cf. Gladiator .] 1. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head.

Wilhelm.

2. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.

The glaive which he did wield. Spenser.

Glama <Xpage=628>

Gla"ma (?) , n. [NL.;cf. Gr. <?/, L. gramiae , Gr. <?/ blear-eyed.] (Med.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.

Glamour <Xpage=628>

Gla"mour (?) , n. [Scot. glamour , glamer ; cf. Icel. gl\'a0meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl\'bem-s<?/ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl\'bemr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s<?/ni sight akin to E. see . Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye .]

1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell.

Tennyson.

3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.

The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.

Glamour gift , Glamour might , the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.

It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. Sir W. Scott.

Glamourie <Xpage=628>

Glam"ou*rie (?) , n. Glamour. [Scot.]

Glance <Xpage=628>

Glance (?) , n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz , Sw. glans , D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen , Glint , Glitter , and Glance a mineral.]

1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.

Swift as the lightning glance . Milton.

2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

How fleet is a glance of the mind. Cowper.

4. (Min.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance .

Glance coal , anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. -- Glance cobalt , cobaltite, or gray cobalt. -- Glance copper , c<?/alcocite. -- Glance wood , a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath .

Glance <Xpage=628>

Glance , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glanced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glancing (?) .] 1. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

From art, from nature, from the schools, Let random influences glance , Like light in many a shivered lance, That breaks about the dappled pools. Tennyson.

2. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced ".

Shak.

On me the curse aslope Glanced on the ground. Milton.

3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.

4. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at .

Wherein obscurely C\'91sar\'b6s ambition shall be glanced at. Shak.

He glanced at a certain reverend doctor. Swift.

5. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. Macaulay.

Glance <Xpage=628>

Glance (?) , v. t. 1. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye .

2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.]

In company I often glanced it. Shak.

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Glan"cing (?) , a. 1. Shooting, as light.

When through the gancing lightnings fly. Rowe.

2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot .

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Glan"cing*ly , adv. In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.

Hakewill.

Gland <Xpage=628>

Gland (?) , n. [F. glande , L. glans , glandis , acorn; akin to Gr. <?/ for <?/, and <?/ to cast, throw, the acorn being the dropped fruit. Cf. Parable , n. ]

1. (Anat.) (a) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth. (b) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands , the functions of which are very imperfectly known.

&hand; The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument, lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas.

2. (Bot.) (a) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product. (b) Any very small prominence.

3. (Steam Mach.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower . See Illust . of Stuffing box , under Stuffing .

4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

Glandage <Xpage=628>

Glan"dage (?) , n. [Cf. OF. glandage . See Gland .] A feeding on nuts or mast. [Obs.]

Crabb.

Glandered <Xpage=628>

Glan"dered (?) , a. Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse .

Yu<?/att.

Glanderous <Xpage=628>

Glan"der*ous (?) , a. Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.

Youatt.

Glanders <Xpage=628>

Glan"ders (?) , n. [From Gland .] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

Glandiferous <Xpage=628>

Glan*dif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. glandifer ; glans , glandis , acorn + ferre to bear; cf. F. glandif\'8are .] Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees .

Glandiform <Xpage=628>

Gland"i*form (?) , a. [L. glans , glandis , acorn + -form : cf. F. glandiforme .] Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

Glandular <Xpage=628>

Glan"du*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. glandulaire . See Glandule .] Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

Glandulation <Xpage=628>

Glan`du*la"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. glandulation .] (Bot.) The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.

Martyn.

Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles. J. Lee.

Glandule <Xpage=628>

Glan"dule (?) , n. [L. glandula , dim. of glans , glandis , acorn: cf. F. glandule . See Gland .] A small gland or secreting vessel.

Glanduliferous <Xpage=628>

Glan`du*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. glandula gland + -ferous ; cf. F. glandulif\'8are .] Bearing glandules.

Glandulose <Xpage=628>

Glan"du*lose` (?) , a. Same as Glandulous .

Glandulosity <Xpage=628>

Glan`du*los"i*ty (?) , n. Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Glandulous <Xpage=628>

Glan"du*lous (?) , a. [L. glandulosus : cf. F. glanduleux .] Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

Glans <Xpage=628>

Glans (?) n. ; pl. Glandes (#) . [L. See Gland .]

1. (Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

Gray.

3. (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A pessary. [Obs.]

Glare <Xpage=628>

Glare (gl&acir;r) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring .] [OE. glaren , gloren ; cf. AS. gl\'91r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass .]

1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron.

3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.

Glare <Xpage=628>

Glare , v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.

Glare <Xpage=628>

Glare , n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare . Dryden.

2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.

About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare . Milton.

3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair .

4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice . [U. S. ]