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2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.

||Glos"sa (?), n.; pl. GlossÊ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the tongue.] ||(Zoˆl.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Glos"sal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

Glos*san"thrax (?), n. [Gr. &?; tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.] A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Glos*sa"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Glos*sa"ri*al*ly, adv. In the manner of a glossary.

Glos"sa*rist (?), n. A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.

Glos"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Gossaries (#). [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.] 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.

||Glos*sa"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Glossa.] (Zoˆl.) The Lepidoptera.

Glos*sa"tor (?), n. [LL. See 3d Gloss.] A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

Gloss"er (?), n. [See lst Gloss.] A polisher; one who gives a luster.

Gloss"er, n. [See 3d Gloss.] A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. L. Addison.

Glos"sic (gls"sk), n. [L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3d Gloss.] A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.

Ingglish Glosik konvai∑z hwotev∑er proanusiai∑shon iz inten∑ded bei dhi reiter.

A. J. Ellis.

Gloss"i*ly (?), adv. In a glossy manner.

Gloss"i*ness, n. [From Glossy.] The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.

Gloss"ist, n. A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.

||Glos*si"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; tongue + -itis.] (Med.) ||Inflammation of the tongue.

Gloss"ly (?), adv. Like gloss; specious. Cowley.

||Glos*soc"o*mon (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of case.] A kind of ||hoisting winch.

Glos`so*ep`i*glot"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; tongue + E. epiglottic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.

Glos"sog"ra*pher (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; tongue + &?; to write. See 3d Gloss.] A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.

Glos`so*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to glossography.

Glos"sog"ra*phy (?), n. [See Glossographer.] The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

Glos`so*hy"al (?), a. [Gr. &?; the tongue + the letter &?;.] (Anat.) 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.

{ ||Glos`so*la"li*a (?), Glos*sol"a*ly (?), } n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; tongue + &?; talk: cf. F. glossolalie.] The gift of tongues. Farrar.

Glos`so*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to glossology.