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GLA 



in fowls, birds, and insects ; the 

 crop. 



glabella, n., gtitb-Wld (L. gldbel- 

 lus, without hair, smooth dim. 

 from gldber, smooth), in anat., 

 the triangular space between the 

 eyebrows ; the nasal eminence 

 lying between the superciliary 

 ridges. 



glabrous, a., gldb'rus (L. gldber, 

 without hair, smooth), in bot., 

 smooth ; devoid of hair. 



glacial, a., glaf-slii'dl (L. glades, 

 ice), consisting of ice ; frozen : 

 glacial acetic acid, the strongest 

 acetic acid, so named from its 

 crystallizing in ice-like leaflets at 

 the ordinary temperature of 55. 



Gladiolus, n., glad-i'ol-us (L. 

 gladiolus, a small sword from 

 glddius, a sword), an extensive 

 genus of plants, consisting chiefly 

 of beautifully flowering bulbs 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Ord. IridacesB ; in anat., the 

 second piece of the sternum, con- 

 siderably longer, narrower, and 

 thinner than the first piece. 



gladius, n., glddius (L. glddius, 

 a sword), the horny endoskeleton 

 or pen of certain cuttle-fishes : 

 gladiate, a., glad'i-dt, in bot., 

 shaped like a short, straight 

 sword. 



glair, n., gldr (F. glair e, white of 

 an egg; Scot, glair or glaur, mud 

 or slime), the white of a raw egg; 

 any viscous transparent substance 



\ resembling it: glairy, a., gldr'-i, 

 like glair ; slimy. 



gland, n., gland (L. glans, an 

 acorn, glandis, of an acorn), 

 organs of manifold forms and 

 structure which perform the 

 functions of secretion, or when 

 ductless are believed to modify 

 the composition of the blood, 

 found in all parts of the body ; 

 a similar combination of ducts 

 or vessels in plants ; an organ 

 of secretion in plants con- 

 sisting of cells, generally on the 

 epidermis ; wart-like swelling on 



plants : glans, n., glanz, in bot., 

 the acorn or hazel nut, and such 

 like, which are enclosed in bracts; 

 the nut-like extremity of the 

 penis. 



glanders, n. plu., gland' erz (old 

 F. glandre, a swelling of the 

 glands ; L. glans, an acorn), a 

 malignant contagious disease of 

 equine animals capable of being 

 conveyed to man, which primarily 

 affects the mucous membranes 

 of the nose, and is accompanied 

 by a starchy or gluey (fibrinous) 

 discharge. 



glandule, n., gland' ul, also gland- 

 ula, n., gland' ul'd (L. glandulce, 

 the glands of the throat, dim. of 

 glans, an acorn), a small gland 

 or secreting vessel : glandular, 

 a., gland'ul' ar, consisting of or 

 pert, to glands ; in bot., applied 

 to hairs in plants having glands on 

 their tips: glandulse ceruminosse, 

 gland'ul' e ser-drn'm-oz'-e (new L. 

 cerumen, the wax secreted by the 

 ear from cera, wax), the cerum- 

 inous glands; the numerous small 

 glands or follicles which secrete 

 the ear-wax. 



glaucium, n., gldws'i-um (Gr. 

 glaukos, a colour between green 

 and blue), a genus of very pretty 

 plants, Ord. Papaveracese. 



glaucoma, n., gldwk-dm'-a (Gr. 

 glaukoma, a certain disease of the 

 eye from glaukos, blue -grey or 

 sea-green ; L. glaucoma, an ob- 

 scuration of the crystalline lens 

 from glaucus, bluish-grey), a dis- 

 ease of the eye giving to it a 

 bluish or greenish tinge : glauc- 

 ous, a., gldwkf'US, of a sea-green 

 colour ; in bot. , covered or frosted 

 with a pale-green bloom : glauc- 

 escent, a., gldfos-'es f >sent, having 

 a bluish-green or sea-green appear- 

 ance. 



Glaux, n., gldwks (Gr. glaukos, 

 blue-grey or sea-green), a very 

 pretty genus of plants, so called 

 in allusion to the colour of the 

 leaves, Ord. Primulacee : Glaux 



