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<h1>Glyphographic</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glyph`o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to glyphography.</def>

<h1>Glyphography</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Gly*phog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to engrave + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.</def>

<h1>Glyptic</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glyp"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Glyph</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to gem engraving.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Figured; marked as with figures.</def>

<h1>Glyptics</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glyp"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glyptique</ets>. See <er>Glyph</er>.]</ety> <def>The art of engraving on precious stones.</def>

<h1>Glyptodon</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glyp"to*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ carved, engraved + <?/, <?/, tooth. See <er>Glyph</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth.</def>

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<h1>Glyptodont</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Glyp"to*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of a family (<spn>glyptodontid\'91</spn>) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.</def>

<h1>Glyptographic</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Glyp`to*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glyptographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Glyptography</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Glyp*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ carved + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>glyptographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or process of engraving on precious stones.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Glyptotheca</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Glyp`to*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ carved + <?/ case, box.]</ety> <def>A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.</def>

<h1>Glyster</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Glys"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Clyster</er>.</def>

<h1>Gmelinite</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gmel"in*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after the German chemist <ets>Gmelin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.</def>

<h1>Gnaphalium</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gna*pha"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Nl., from Gr. <?/ wool of the teasel.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.</def>