Part 4850

<blockquote>Jewels lose their <b>glory</b> if neglected. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Your sex's <b>glory</b> 't is to shine unknown. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.</def>

<blockquote>In <b>glory</b> of thy fortunes. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to <b>glory</b>. <i>Ps. lxxiii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.</def>

<note>&hand; This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called <i>nimbus</i>; when encircling the whole body, <i>aureola</i> or <i>aureole</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Glory hole</col>, <cd>an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Glory pea</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the name of two leguminous plants (<spn>Clianthus Dampieri</spn> and <spn>C. puniceus</spn>) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers.</cd> -- <col>Glory tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus <spn>Clerodendron</spn>, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.</cd></cs>

<h1>Glory</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glo"ry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gloried</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glorying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>glorien</ets>, OF. <ets>glorier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gloriari</ets>, fr. <ets>gloria</ets> glory. See <er>Glory</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To exult with joy; to rejoice.</def>

<blockquote><b>Glory</b> ye in his holy name. <i>Ps. cv.<?/</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To boast; to be proud.</def>

<blockquote>God forbid that I should <b>glory</b>, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. <i>Gal. vi. 14</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No one . . . should <b>glory</b> in his prosperity. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glose</h1> <Xpage=631>

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

<i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gloser</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Glos"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Glosser</er>.</def>

<h1>Gloss</h1> <Xpage=631>

<hw>Gloss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>glossi</ets> a blaze, <ets>glys</ets> finery, MHG. <ets>glosen</ets> to glow, G. <ets>glosten</ets> to glimmer; perh. akin to E. <ets>glass</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; <as>as, the <ex>gloss</ex> of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a <ex>gloss</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer <b>gloss</b> than the naked truth doth afford.

<i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.</def>

<blockquote>To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the <b>gloss</b> of art. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gloss</h1> <Xpage=631>