wunder · Library

Part 4821

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · Project Gutenberg — chapter 4821 of 12779 · ~331 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

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

<h1>Gladwyn</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glad"wyn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gladen</er>.</def>

<h1>Glair</h1> <Xpage=628>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.</def>

<h1>Glair</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glair</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Glaired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glairing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To smear with the white of an egg.</def>

<h1>Glaire</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glaire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Glair</er>.</def>

<h1>Glaireous</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glair"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Glairy; covered with glair.</def>

<h1>Glairin</h1> <Xpage=628>

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

<h1>Glairy</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glair"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Glaive</h1> <Xpage=628>

<hw>Glaive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>glaive</ets>, L. <ets>gladius</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>claymore</ets>. Cf. <er>Gladiator</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>glaive</b> which he did wield. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glama</h1> <Xpage=628>

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

<h1>Glamour</h1> <Xpage=628>

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

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy