Chapter 670

Gloze (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glozed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing .] [OE. glosen , F. gloser . See gloss explanation.]

1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.

Chaucer.

A false, glozing parasite. South.

So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.

2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

Shak.

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Gloze , v. t. To smooth over; to palliate.

By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.

Gloze <Xpage=632>

Gloze , n. 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.

2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.]

Sir P. Sidney.

Glozer <Xpage=632>

Gloz"er (?) , n. A flatterer. [Obs.]

Gifford (1580).

Glucic <Xpage=632>

Glu"cic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ sweet.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid .

Glucina <Xpage=632>

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

Glucinic <Xpage=632>

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

Glucinum <Xpage=632>

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

Glucogen <Xpage=632>

Glu"co*gen (?) , n. [R.] See Glycogen .

Glucogenesis <Xpage=632>

Glu`co*gen"e*sis (?) , n. Glycogenesis. [R.]

Gluconic <Xpage=632>

Glu*con"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.

Gluconic acid (Chem.) , an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid , and dextronic acid .

Glucose <Xpage=632>

Glu"cose` (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ sweet. Cf. 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.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. <-- ?Now only one is called glucose -- when did this usage diappear? = hexose-->

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.

Glucoside <Xpage=632>

Glu"co*side (?) , n. [See Glucose .] (Chem.) 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.

Glucosuria <Xpage=632>

Glu`co*su"ri*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. <?/ urine.] (Med.) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.

Glue <Xpage=632>

Glue (?) , n. [F. glu , L. glus , akin to gluten , from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten .] 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 <Xpage=632>

Glue , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing .] [F. gluer . See Glue , n. ] 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.

Gluepot <Xpage=632>

Glue"pot` (?) , n. 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.

Gluer <Xpage=632>

Glu"er (?) , n. One who cements with glue.

Gluey <Xpage=632>

Glu"ey (?) , a. Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

Glueyness <Xpage=632>

Glu"ey*ness , n. Viscidity.

Gluish <Xpage=632>

Glu"ish , a. Somewhat gluey.

Sherwood.

Glum <Xpage=632>

Glum (?) , n. [See Gloom .] Sullenness. [Obs.]

Skelton.

Glum <Xpage=632>

Glum , a. Moody; silent; sullen.

I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray.

Glum <Xpage=632>

Glum , v. i. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [Obs.]

Hawes.

Glumaceous <Xpage=632>

Glu*ma"ceous (?) , a. [Cf. F. glumanc\'82 . See Glume .] Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

Glumal <Xpage=632>

Glu"mal (?) , a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume.

Glume <Xpage=632>

Glume (?) , n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume .] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.

Gray.

Glumella, Glumelle <Xpage=632>

Glu*mel"la (?) , Glu"melle (?) , n. [F. glumelle , dim. of glume .] (Bot.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

Glumly <Xpage=632>

Glum"ly (?) , adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

Glummy <Xpage=632>

Glum"my (?) , a. [See Gloom .] dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]

Glumness <Xpage=632>

Glum"ness , n. Moodiness; sullenness.

Glump <Xpage=632>

Glump (?) , v. i. [See Glum .] To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]

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Glumpy <Xpage=633>

Glump"y (?) , a. Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] "He was glumpy enough."

T. Hook.

Glunch <Xpage=633>

Glunch (?) , a. [Cf. Glump .] Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott . -- n. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Glut <Xpage=633>

Glut (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glutted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting .] [OE. glotten , fr. OF. glotir , gloutir , L. glutire , gluttire ; cf. Gr. <?/ to eat, Skr. 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.

Glut <Xpage=633>

Glut , v. i. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.

Glut <Xpage=633>

Glut , 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 . <-- "of", not "on" 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. (Zo\'94l.) The broad-nosed eel ( Anguilla latirostris ), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Glutaconic <Xpage=633>

Glu`ta*con"ic (?) , a. [ Glut aric + acon itic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

Glut\'91us <Xpage=633>

Glu*t\'91"us (?) , n. [NL. See Gluteal .] (Anat.) The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

&hand; In man, the glut\'91us is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.

Glutamic <Xpage=633>

Glu*tam"ic (?) , a. [ Glut en + -amic .] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to gluten.

Glutamic acid , a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid . <-- one of the natural L-alpha-amino acids found in many proteins C5H9NO4 . -->

Glutaric <Xpage=633>

Glu*tar"ic (?) , a. [ Glut amic + tart aric .] (Chem.) 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 . <-- one of the natural L-alpha-amino acids found in many proteins -->

Glutazine <Xpage=633>

Glu"ta*zine (?) , n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Gluteal <Xpage=633>

Glu"te*al (?) , a. [G. <?/ rump, pl., the buttocks.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glut\'91us.

Gluten <Xpage=633>

Glu"ten (?) , n. [L., glue: cf. F. gluten . See Glue .] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

&hand; 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.

Gluteus <Xpage=633>

Glu*te"us (?) , n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Glut&ae;us .

Glutin <Xpage=633>

Glu"tin (?) , n. [See Gluten .] (Chem.)

1. Same as Gliadin .

2. Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin . [R.]

Glutinate <Xpage=633>

Glu"ti*nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glutinated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating .] [L. glutinatus , p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue.] To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

Bailey.

Glutination <Xpage=633>

Glu`ti*na"tion (?) , n. [L. glutinatio : cf. F. glutination .] The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

Glutinative <Xpage=633>

Glu"ti*na*tive (?) , a. [L. glutinativus : cf. F. glutinatif .] Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

Glutinosity <Xpage=633>

Glu`ti*nos"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. glutinosit\'82 .] The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]

Glutinous <Xpage=633>

Glu"ti*nous (?) , a. [L. glutinosus , fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux . See Gluten .]

1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

2. (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

Glutinousness <Xpage=633>

Glu"ti*nous*ness (?) , n. The quality of being glutinous.

Glutton <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton (?) , n. [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. (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous mammal ( Gulo luscus ), of the family Mustelid\'91 , 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. <-- in 1996, spelled Wolverine, and spn = Gulo gulo -->

Glutton bird (Zo\'94l.) , the giant fulmar ( Ossifraga gigantea ); -- called also Mother Carey's goose , and mollymawk . <-- glutton for punishment = one persistent in an effort in spite of harmful results -->

Glutton <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton (?) , a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. " Glutton souls."

Dryden.

A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.

Glutton <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton , v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]

Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace.

Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

Gluttonish <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton*ish , a. Gluttonous; greedy.

Sir P. Sidney.

Gluttonize <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton*ize (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gluttonized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing (?) .] To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.

Hallywell.

Gluttonous <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton*ous (?) , a. 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 <Xpage=633>

Glut"ton*y (?) , n. ; pl. Gluttonies (#) . [OE. glotonie , OF. glotonie , gloutonnie .] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Their sumptuous gluttonies , and gorgeous feasts. Milton.

Glycerate <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*ate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid.

Glyceric <Xpage=633>

Gly*cer"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) 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.

Glyceride <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*ide (?) , n. [See Glycerin .] (Chem.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin ). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Glycerin, Glycerine <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*in , Glyc"er*ine (<?/) , n. [F. glyc\'82rine , fr. Gr. glykero`s , glyky`s , sweet. Cf. Glucose , Licorice .] (Chem.) 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 .

&hand; 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.

Glycerite <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*ite (?) , n. (Med.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

Glycerol <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*ol (?) , n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin .

Clycerole <Xpage=633>

Clyc"er*ole (?) , n. [F. glyc\'82rol\'82 .] (Med.) Same as Glycerite .

Glyceryl <Xpage=633>

Glyc"er*yl (?) , n. [ Glycer in + -yl .] (Chem.) A compound radical, C3H5 , regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl .

Glycide <Xpage=633>

Glyc"ide (?) , n. [ Glyc eric + anhydr ide .] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol .

Glycidic <Xpage=633>

Gly*cid"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid .

Glycin <Xpage=633>

Gly"cin (?) , n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Glycocoll .

Glycocholate <Xpage=633>

Gly`co*cho"late (?) , n. [ Glyco coll + chol ic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate .