Part 4829

<hw>Glas"ynge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Glazing or glass.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Glauberite</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"ber*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Glauber</ets>, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. <ets>glaub\'82rite</ets>, G. <ets>glauberit</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.</def>

<mhw><h1>Glauber's salt &or; Glauber's salts</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"ber's salt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> &or; <hw>Glau"ber's salts`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>. <ety>[G. <ets>glaubersalz</ets>, from <ets>Glauber</ets>, a German chemist who discovered it. See <er>Glauberite</er>.]</ety> <def>Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "<i>salts</i>."</def>

<note>&hand; It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral <i>mirabilite</i>. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the "soda process," and also for use in glass making.</note>

<h1>Glaucescent</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau*ces"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Glaucous</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.</def>

<h1>Glaucic</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"cic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <i>Glaucium</i> or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.</def>

<h1>Glaucine</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Glaucous or glaucescent.</def>

<h1>Glaucine</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid obtained from the plant <i>Glaucium</i>, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Glaucodot</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"co*dot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ silvery, gray + <?/ to give.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.</def>

<h1>Glaucoma</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau*co"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ light gray, blue gray.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.</def>

<h1>Glaucomatous</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau*co"ma*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the nature of glaucoma.</def>

<h1>Glaucometer</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau*com"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gleucometer</er>.</def>

<h1>Glauconite</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"co*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glauconite</ets>, <ets>glauconie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>glaucus</ets>. See <er>Glaucous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See <er>Greensand</er>.</def>

<h1>Glaucophane</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau"co*phane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ silvery, gray + <?/ to appear.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.</def>

<h1>Glaucosis</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Glau*co"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Glaucoma</er>.</def>