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<hw>Gloss</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Glossed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glossing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; <as>as, to <ex>gloss</ex> cloth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>glossed</b> and gleamy wave. <i>J. R. Drake.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gloss</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>glose</ets>, F. <ets>glose</ets>, L. <ets>glossa</ets> a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. <?/ tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. <er>Gloze</er>, <er>Glossary</er>, <er>Glottis</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.</def>

<blockquote>All this, without a <b>gloss</b> or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Explaining the text in short <b>glosses</b>. <i>T. Baker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A false or specious explanation.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Gloss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.</def>

<blockquote>You have the art to <b>gloss</b> the foulest cause. <i>Philips.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gloss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make comments; to comment; to explain.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make sly remarks, or insinuations.</def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Glossa</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glos"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gloss<?/</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See <er>Hymenoptera</er>.</def>

<h1>Glossal</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glos"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.</def>

<h1>Glossanthrax</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glos*san"thrax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tongue + E. <ets>anthrax</ets>: cf. F. <ets>glossanthrax</ets>.]</ety> <def>A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.</def>

<h1>Glossarial</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glos*sa"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.</def>