Part 4836

<mhw><h1>Gleire, Gleyre</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gleyre</hw></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> See <er>Glair</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Glen</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>glyn</ets> a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. <ets>gleann</ets> valley, glen.]</ety> <def>A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.</def>

<blockquote>And wooes the widow's daughter of the <b>glen</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glenlivat, Glenlivet</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw><hw>Glen*liv"at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Glen*liv"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made.</def>

<i>W. E. Aytoun.</i>

<h1>Glenoid</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gle"noid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ socket of a joint + <?/ form; cf. F. <ets>gl\'82no\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; sock<?/tlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; <as>as, the <ex>glenoid</ex> cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates</as>.</def>

<h1>Glenoidal</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gle*noid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Glenoid.</def>

<h1>Glent</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Glint</er>.</def>

<h1>Gleucometer</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleu*com"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ must + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gleucom\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.</def>

<h1>Glew</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Glue</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gley</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gli<?/en</ets>, <ets>glien</ets>, <ets>gleien</ets>, to shine, to squint; cf. Icel. <ets>glj\'be</ets> to glitter.]</ety> <def>To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Gley</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Asquint; askance; obliquely.</def>

<h1>Gliadin</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gli"a*din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ glue: cf. F. <ets>gliadine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.</def>

<h1>Glib</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Glibber</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Glibbest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. D. <ets>glibberen</ets>, <ets>glippen</ets>, to slide, <ets>glibberig</ets>, <ets>glipperig</ets>, glib, slippery.]</ety>