wunder · Library

Part 4845

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · Project Gutenberg — chapter 4845 of 12779 · ~252 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

<h1>Globulous</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glob"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>globuleux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Globular; spherical; orbicular.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Glob"u*lous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Globy</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glob"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular.</def> "The <i>globy</i> sea."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Glochidiate</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glo*chid"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ point of an arrow.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having barbs; <as>as, <ex>glochidiate</ex> bristles</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Glochidium</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glo*chid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Glochidia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the point of an arrow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.</def>

<h1>Glode</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Glide</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Glombe, Glome</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw><hw>Glombe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Glome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Surrey.</i>

<h1>Glome</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Gloom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Glome</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>glomus</ets> a ball. Cf. <er>Globe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.</def>

<h1>Glomerate</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glom"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>glomeratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>glomerare</ets> to glomerate, from <ets>glomus</ets>. See 3d <er>Glome</er>.]</ety> <def>Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.</def>

<h1>Glomerate</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glom"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Glomerated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glomerating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.</def>

<h1>Glomeration</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glom`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>glomeratio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is formed into a ball; a ball.</def>

← 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