Part 4857

<h1>Gloze</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Gloze</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.</def>

<blockquote>Now to plain dealing; lay these <b>glozes</b> by. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specious show; gloss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Glozer</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Gloz"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flatterer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gifford (1580).</i>

<h1>Glucic</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu"cic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sweet.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; <as>as, <ex>glucic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Glucina</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu*ci"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glycine</ets>, <ets>glucine</ets>. So called because it forms sweet salts. See <er>Glucinum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called <i>glucine</i>.</def>

<h1>Glucinic</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu*cin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; <as>as, <ex>glucinic</ex> oxide</as>.</def>

<h1>Glucinum</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu*ci"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glucinium</ets>, <ets>glycium</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, sweet. Cf. <er>Glycerin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also <altname>beryllium</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>glucinium</asp>.]</altsp><-- modern name Beryllium, symbol Be -->

<h1>Glucogen</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu"co*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark> <def>See <er>Glycogen</er>.</def>

<h1>Glucogenesis</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu`co*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Glycogenesis.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gluconic</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu*con"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.</def>

<cs><col>Gluconic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also <altname>maltonic acid</altname>, and <altname>dextronic acid</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Glucose</h1> <Xpage=632>

<hw>Glu"cose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sweet. Cf. <er>Glycerin</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also <altname>dextrose</altname>, <altname>grape sugar</altname>, <altname>diabetic sugar</altname>, and <altname>starch sugar</altname>. See <er>Dextrose</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.</def><-- ?Now only one is called glucose -- when did this usage diappear? = hexose-->

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.</def>