<hw>Glos`so*phar`yn*ge"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the tongue + E. <ets>pharyngeal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- <tt>n.</tt> One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.</def>
<h1>Glossy</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Gloss"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Glossier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Glossiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Gloss</er> luster.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; <as>as, <ex>glossy</ex> silk; a <ex>glossy</ex> surface.</as></def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Smooth; specious; plausible; <as>as, <ex>glossy</ex> deceit</as>.</def>
<h1>Glost oven</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glost" ov`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called <altname>glaze kiln</altname>, or <altname>glaze</altname>.</def>
<h1>Glottal</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glot"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.</def>
<cs><col>Glottal catch</col>, <cd>an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts.</cd> <i>Sweet</i>.</cs>
<h1>Glottic, Glottidean</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw><hw>Glot"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Glot*tid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.</def>
<h1>Glottis</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glot"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, from <?/, <?/, the tongue. See <er>Gloss</er> an explanatory remark.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See <er>Larynx</er>.</def>
<h1>Glottological</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glot`to*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to glottology.</def>
<h1>Glottologist</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glot*tol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A linguist; a philologist.</def>
<h1>Glottology</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glot*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the tongue + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.</def>
<h1>Glout</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glout</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Scot. Cf. <er>Gloat</er>.]</ety> <def>To pout; to look sullen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Garth.</i>
<h1>Glout</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glout</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Wright.</i>
<h1>Glove</h1> <Xpage=632>
<hw>Glove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>glove</ets>, <ets>glofe</ets>, AS. <ets>gl<?/f</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>gl<?/fi</ets>, cf. Goth. <ets>l<?/fa</ets> palm of the hand, Icel. <ets>l<?/fi</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the <i>glove</i> from the <i>mitten</i>.</def>
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