Chapter 668

Glis"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering .] [OE. glistren ; akin to G. glistern , glinstern , D. glinsteren , and E. glisten . See Glisten .] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

All that glisters is not gold. Shak.

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Glis"ter , n. Glitter; luster.

Glister <Xpage=630>

Glis"ter , n. [Cf. OF. glistere .] Same as Clyster .

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Glis"ter*ing*ly , adv. In a glistering manner.

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Glit"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glittered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glittering .] [OE. gliteren ; akin to Sw. glittra , Icel. glitra , glita , AS. glitenian , OS. gl\'c6tan , OHG. gl\'c6zzan , G . gleissen , Goth. glitmunjan , and also to E. glint , glisten , and prob. glance , gleam .]

1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword .

The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden.

2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court .

Syn. -- To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam , Flash .

Glitter <Xpage=630>

Glit"ter , n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.

Milton.

Glitterand <Xpage=630>

Glit"ter*and (?) , a. Glittering. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Glitteringly <Xpage=630>

Glit"ter*ing*ly , adv. In a glittering manner.

Gloam <Xpage=630>

Gloam (?) , v. i. [See Gloom , Glum .]

1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

2. To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]

Gloam <Xpage=630>

Gloam , n. The twilight; gloaming. [R.]

Keats.

Gloaming <Xpage=630>

Gloam"ing , n. [See Gloom .] 1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.]

Hogg.

2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.]

J. Still.

Gloar <Xpage=630>

Gloar (?) , v. i. [OD. gloeren, glueren, gluyeren. Cf. Glower .] To squint; to stare. [Obs.]

Gloat <Xpage=630>

Gloat (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gloated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating .] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaz<?/ earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malig nant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

In vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron.

Globard <Xpage=630>

Glo"bard (?) , n. [OE. globerde , from glow .] A glowworm. [>Obs.]

Holland.

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Glo"bate (?) , Glo"ba*ted (?) , a. [L. globatus , p. p. of globare to make into a ball, fr. globus ball.] Having the form of a globe; spherical.

Globe <Xpage=630>

Globe (?) , n. [L. globus , perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump , golf : cf. F. globe .]

1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.

Locke.

4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe ; -- called also artificial globe .

5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.

Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton.

Globe amaranth (Bot.) , a plant of the genus Gomphrena ( G. globosa ), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. -- Globe animalcule , a small, globular, locomotive organism ( Volvox globator ), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg\'91. -- Globe of compression (Mil.) , a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine . -- Globe daisy (Bot.) , a plant or flower of the genus Globularing , common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. -- Globe sight , a form of front sight placed on target rifles. -- Globe slater (Zo\'94l.) , an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma . -- Globe thistle (Bot.) , a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads ( Cynara Scolymus ); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops . -- Globe valve . (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight .

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Syn. -- Globe , Sphere , Orb , Ball . -- Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.

Globe <Xpage=631>

Globe (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Globed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing .] To gather or form into a globe.

Globefish <Xpage=631>

Globe"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon , Tetrodon , and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish , and sea hedgehog . See Diodon .

Globeflower <Xpage=631>

Globe"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Trollius ( T. Europ\'91us ), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers. (b) The American plant Trollius laxus .

Japan globeflower . See Corchorus .

Globe-shaped <Xpage=631>

Globe"-shaped` (?) , a. Shaped like a globe.

Globiferous <Xpage=631>

Glo*bif"er*ous (?) , a. [ Globe + -ferous .] (Zo\'94l.) Having a round or globular tip.

Globigerina <Xpage=631>

Glo*big`e*ri"na (?) , n. ; pl. Globigerin&ae; (#) . [NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze . See Illust . of Foraminifera .

Globose <Xpage=631>

Glo*bose" (?) , a. [L. globosus .] Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

Milton.

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Glo*bose"ly , adv. In a globular manner; globularly.

Globosity <Xpage=631>

Glo*bos"i*ty (?) , n. [L. globositas : cf. F. globosit\'82 .] Sphericity.

Ray.

Globous <Xpage=631>

Glo"bous (?) , a. [See Globose .] Spherical.

Milton.

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Glob"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. globulaire .] Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms .

Milton.

Globular chart , a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection. -- Globular projection (Map Projection) , a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45&deg;. -- Globular sailing , sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing.

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Glob`u*lar"i*ty (?) , n. The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

Globularly <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*lar*ly (?) , adv. Spherically.

Globularness <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*lar*ness , n. Sphericity; globosity.

Globule <Xpage=631>

Glob"ule (?) , n. [L. globulus , dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule .] 1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

Globules of snow. Sir I. Newton.

These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.

2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

Globulet <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*let (?) , n. A little globule.

Crabb.

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Glob`u*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [ Globule + -ferous .] Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.

Globulimeter <Xpage=631>

Glob`u*lim"e*ter (?) , n. [ Globule + -meter .] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

&hand; The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.

Globulin <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*lin (?) , n. [From Globule : cf. F. globuline .] (Phisiol. Chem.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with h\'91matin to form h\'91moglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin . In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.

Globulite <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*lite (?) , n. [See Globule .] (Min.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.

Globulous <Xpage=631>

Glob"u*lous (?) , a. [Cf. F. globuleux .] Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness , n.

Globy <Xpage=631>

Glob"y (?) , a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea."

Milton.

Glochidiate <Xpage=631>

Glo*chid"i*ate (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ point of an arrow.] (Bot.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles .

Gray.

Glochidium <Xpage=631>

Glo*chid"i*um (?) , n. ; pl. Glochidia (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the point of an arrow.] (Zo\'94l.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

Glode <Xpage=631>

Glode (?) , obs. imp. of Glide .

Chaucer.

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Glombe (?) , Glome (?) , v. i. To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.]

Surrey.

Glome <Xpage=631>

Glome (?) , n. Gloom. [Obs.]

Glome <Xpage=631>

Glome (?) , n. [L. glomus a ball. Cf. Globe .] (Anat.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.

Glomerate <Xpage=631>

Glom"er*ate (?) , a. [L. glomeratus , p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus . See 3d Glome .] Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

Glomerate <Xpage=631>

Glom"er*ate (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Glomerated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glomerating (?) .] To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

Glomeration <Xpage=631>

Glom`er*a"tion (?) , n. [L. glomeratio .]

1. The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

2. That which is formed into a ball; a ball.

Bacon.

Glomerous <Xpage=631>

Glom"er*ous (?) , a. [L. glomerosus , fr. glomus . See 3d Glome .] Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.]

Blount.

Glomerule <Xpage=631>

Glom"er*ule (?) , n. [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]

1. (Bot.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

2. (Anat.) A glomerulus.

Glomerulus <Xpage=631>

Glo*mer"u*lus (?) , n. ; pl. Glomeruli (#) . [NL., dim. of L. glomus . See 3d Glome .] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

Glomuliferous <Xpage=631>

Glom`u*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. glomus a ball + -ferous .] (Biol.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.

M. C. Cooke.

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Glon"o*in Glon"o*ine (?) , n. [ Gl ycerin + o xygen + n itrogen + -in , -ine .]

1. Same as Nitroglycerin ; -- called also oil of glonoin . [Obs.]

2. (Med.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.

Gloom <Xpage=631>

Gloom (gl&oomac;m) , n. [AS. gl&omac;m twilight, from the root of E. glow . See Glow , and cf. Glum , Gloam .]

1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight .

2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson .

3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.

4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness .

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Gloom , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gloomed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming .] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.

The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith.

[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom . Spenser.

Gloom <Xpage=631>

Gloom , v. t. 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole.

A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson.

2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison.

What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith.

Gloomily <Xpage=631>

Gloom"i*ly (?) , adv. In a gloomy manner.

Gloominess <Xpage=631>

Gloom"i*ness , n. State of being gloomy.

Addison.

Glooming <Xpage=631>

Gloom"ing , n. [Cf. Gloaming .] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench.

The balmy glooming , crescent-lit. Tennyson.

Gloomth <Xpage=631>

Gloomth (?) , n. Gloom. [R.]

Walpole.

Gloomy <Xpage=631>

Gloom"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Gloomier (?) ; superl. Gloomiest .] 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy . "Though hid in gloomiest shade."

Milton.

2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance .

Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

Gloppen <Xpage=631>

Glop"pen (?) , v. t. & i. [OE. glopnen to be frightened, frighten: cf. Icel. gl<?/pna to look downcast.] To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Glore <Xpage=631>

Glore (?) , v. i. [See Gloar .] To glare; to glower. [Obs.]

Halliwell.

Gloria <Xpage=631>

Glo"ri*a (?) , n. [L., glory.] (Eccl.) (a) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri , Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. (b) A portion of the Mass ( Gloria in Excelsis Deo , Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used. (c) The musical setting of a gloria.

Gloriation <Xpage=631>

Glo`ri*a"tion (?) , n. [L. gloriatio , from gloriari to glory, boast, fr. gloria glory. See Glory , n. ] Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.]

Bp. Richardson.

Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind. Hobbes.

Gloried <Xpage=631>

Glo"ried (?) , a. [See Glory .] Illustrious; honorable; noble. [Obs.]

Milton.

Glorification <Xpage=631>

Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. glorificatio : cf. F. glorification . See Glorify .] 1. The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

Jer. Taylor.

2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection .

Glorify <Xpage=631>

Glo"ri*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glorified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glorifying .] [F. glorifier , L. glorificare ; gloria glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy .]

1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

Jesus was not yet glorified . John vii. 39.