The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 667
1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison.
At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton.
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.
2. Brightness; splendor.
In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.
Gleam <Xpage=629>
Gleam , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gleamed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming .] 1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east .
2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn. -- To Gleam , Glimmer , Glitter . To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash .
Gleam <Xpage=629>
Gleam , v. t. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.
Gleamy <Xpage=629>
Gleam"y , a. Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.
In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.
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Glean <Xpage=630>
Glean (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gleaned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning .] [OE. glenen , OF. glener , glaner , F. glaner , fr. LL. glenare ; cf. W. glan clean, glanh<?/u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm , gilm , a hand<?/ul.]
1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.
2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke.
Glean <Xpage=630>
Glean , v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.
2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.
Glean <Xpage=630>
Glean , n. A collection made by gleaning.
The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.
Glean <Xpage=630>
Glean , n. Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.]
Holland.
Gleaner <Xpage=630>
Glean"er (?) , n. 1. One who gathers after reapers.
2. One who gathers slowly with labor.
Locke.
Gleaning <Xpage=630>
Glean"ing , n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook.
Glebe <Xpage=630>
Glebe (?) , n. [F. gl\'8abe , L. gleba , glaeba , clod, land, soil.] 1. A lump; a clod.
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the glebe , of oil, and wine. Milton.
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
Glebeless <Xpage=630>
Glebe"less , a. Having no glebe.
Glebosity <Xpage=630>
Gle*bos"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being glebous. [R.]
Glebous, Gleby <Xpage=630>
Gleb"ous (?) , Gleb"y (?) , a. [Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.] Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. " Gleby land."
Prior.
Glede <Xpage=630>
Glede (?) , n. [AS. glida , akin to Icel. gle<?/a ,, Sw. glada . Cf. Glide , v. i. ] (Zo\'94l.) The common European kite ( Milvus ictinus ). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead , gled , gleed , glade , and glide .]
Glede <Xpage=630>
Glede , n. [See Gleed .] A live coal. [Archaic]
The cruel ire, red as any glede . Chaucer.
Glee <Xpage=630>
Glee (?) , n. [OE. gle , gleo , AS. gle\'a2w , gle\'a2 , akin to Icel. gl<?/ : cf. Gr. <?/ joke, jest.]
1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
Spenser.
3. (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
Gleed <Xpage=630>
Gleed (?) , n. [AS. gl<?/d , fr. gl<?/wan to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed , G. glut , Icel. gl<?/<?/ . See Glow , v. i. ] A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.
Gleeful <Xpage=630>
Glee"ful (?) , a. Merry; gay; joyous.
Shak.
Gleek <Xpage=630>
Gleek (?) , n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge- ; akin to AS. gel\'becan , Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege .]
1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.]
Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks ? Shak.
2. [Cf. Glicke ] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]
A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.
Gleek <Xpage=630>
Gleek , v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.]
Shak.
Gleek <Xpage=630>
Gleek , n. [OF. glic , G. gl\'81ck , fortune. See Luck .]
1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.]
Pepys. Evelyn.
2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.]
Gleeman <Xpage=630>
Glee"man (?) , n. ; pl. Gleemen (#) . [ Glee + man ; AS. gle\'a2man .] A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.
Gleen <Xpage=630>
Gleen (?) , v. i. [Cf. Glance , Glint .] To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.]
Prior.
Gleesome <Xpage=630>
Glee"some (?) , a. Merry; joyous; gleeful.
Gleet <Xpage=630>
Gleet (?) , n. [OE. glette , glet , glat , mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete .] (Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.
Hoblyn.
Gleet <Xpage=630>
Gleet , v. i. 1. To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.
Wiseman.
2. To flow slowly, as water.
Cheyne.
Gleety <Xpage=630>
Gleet"y (?) , a. Ichorous; thin; limpid.
Wiseman.
Gleg <Xpage=630>
Gleg (?) , a. [Icel. gl\'94ggr .] Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Gleire, Gleyre <Xpage=630>
Gleire (?) , Gleyre , n. See Glair . [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Glen <Xpage=630>
Glen (?) , n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.] A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen . Spenser.
Glenlivat, Glenlivet <Xpage=630>
Glen*liv"at (?) , Glen*liv"et (?) , n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made.
W. E. Aytoun.
Glenoid <Xpage=630>
Gle"noid (?) , a. [Gr. <?/; <?/ socket of a joint + <?/ form; cf. F. gl\'82no\'8bde .] (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; sock<?/tlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates .
Glenoidal <Xpage=630>
Gle*noid"al (?) , a. (Anat.) Glenoid.
Glent <Xpage=630>
Glent (?) , n. & v. See Glint .
Gleucometer <Xpage=630>
Gleu*com"e*ter (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ must + -meter : cf. F. gleucom\'8atre .] An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.
Glew <Xpage=630>
Glew (?) , n. See Glue . [Obs.]
Gley <Xpage=630>
Gley (?) , v. i. [OE. gli<?/en , glien , gleien , to shine, to squint; cf. Icel. glj\'be to glitter.] To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Gley <Xpage=630>
Gley (?) , adv. Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Gliadin <Xpage=630>
Gli"a*din (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ glue: cf. F. gliadine .] (Chem.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.
Glib <Xpage=630>
Glib (?) , a. [ Compar. Glibber (?) ; superl. Glibbest (?) .] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen , glippen , to slide, glibberig , glipperig , glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib . [Obs.]
2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. Shak.
Syn. -- Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
Glib <Xpage=630>
Glib , v. t. To make glib. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Glib <Xpage=630>
Glib , n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.]
The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs , which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser.
Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey.
Glib <Xpage=630>
Glib , v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live , LG. & OD. lubben .] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.]
Shak.
Gilbbery <Xpage=630>
Gilb"ber*y (?) , a. 1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.]
My love is glibbery ; there is no hold on't. Marston.
2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]
Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson.
Glibly <Xpage=630>
Glib"ly , adv. In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly .
Glibness <Xpage=630>
Glib"ness , n. The quality of being glib.
Glicke <Xpage=630>
Glicke (?) , n. [Cf. Gleek , n. , 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty.] An ogling look. [Obs.]
Glidden <Xpage=630>
Glid"den (?) , obs. p. p. of Glide .
Chaucer.
Glidder, Gliddery <Xpage=630>
Glid"der (?) , Glid"der*y (?) , a. [Cf. Glide .] Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.]
Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones. R. D. Blackmore.
Glide <Xpage=630>
Glide (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The glede or kite.
Glide <Xpage=630>
Glide , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding .] [AS. gl\'c6dan ; akin to D. glijden , OHG. gl\'c6tan , G. gleiten , Sw. glida , Dan. glide , and prob. to E. glad .]
1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
The river glideth at his own sweet will. Wordsworth.
2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
Glide <Xpage=630>
Glide , n. 1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide , along the leaning line. Thomson.
Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away. Shak.
2. (Phon.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 18, 97, 191).
&hand; The on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade in passing to it, the off-glide , one made in passing from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as initial or final , or fore-glides and after-glides . For voice-glide , see Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 17, 95.
Gliden <Xpage=630>
Glid"en (?) , obs. p. p. of Glide .
Chaucer.
Glider <Xpage=630>
Glid"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, glides.
Glidingly <Xpage=630>
Glid"ing*ly , adv. In a gliding manner.
Gliff <Xpage=630>
Gliff (?) , n. [Cf. OE. gliffen , gliften , to look with fear at.] 1. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.
2. A moment: as, for a gliff . [Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Glike <Xpage=630>
Glike (?) , n. [See Gleek a jest.] A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]
Glim <Xpage=630>
Glim (?) , n. 1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]
2. A light or candle. [Slang]
Dickens.
Douse the glim , put out the light. [Slang]
Glimmer <Xpage=630>
Glim"mer (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glimmered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering .] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma , Dan. glimre , D. glimmen , glimpen . See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse .] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.
Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam , Flash .
Glimmer <Xpage=630>
Glim"mer , n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.
2. Mica. See Mica .
Woodsward.
Glimmer gowk , an owl. [Prov. Eng.]
Tennyson.
Glimmering <Xpage=630>
Glim"mer*ing , n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.
South.
2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
Glimpse <Xpage=630>
Glimpse (?) , n. [For glimse , from the root of glimmer .]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
Glimpse <Xpage=630>
Glimpse (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glimpsed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing .] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
Drayton.
Glimpse <Xpage=630>
Glimpse , v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
Glint <Xpage=630>
Glint (?) , n. [OE. glent .] A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] "He saw a glint of light."
Ramsay.
Glint <Xpage=630>
Glint , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glinted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glinting .] [OE. glenten . Cf. Glance , v. i. , Glitter , v. i. ] To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
Burns.
Glint <Xpage=630>
Glint , v. t. To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye .
Glioma <Xpage=630>
Gli*o"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ glue + -oma .] (Med.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.
Glires <Xpage=630>
Gli"res (?) , n. pl. [L., dormice.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia. -- Gli"rine (#) , a.
Glissade <Xpage=630>
Glis`sade" (?) , n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
Tyndall.
Glissando <Xpage=630>
Glis*san"do (?) , n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding.
Glissette <Xpage=630>
Glis*sette" (?) , n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] (Math.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
Glist <Xpage=630>
Glist (?) , n. [From Glisten .] Glimmer; mica.
Glisten <Xpage=630>
Glis"ten (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening (?) .] [OE. glistnian , akin to glisnen , glisien , AS. glisian , glisnian , akin to E. glitter . See Glitter , v. i. , and cf. Glister , v. i. ] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars .
Syn. -- See Flash .
Glister <Xpage=630>