glair 
Unsl 
islekked lym, chalk and gleyre of an ey. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 253. 
Take the gtaire. of eggs, and strain it as short as water. 
Peackatn, Drawing. 
The edges [of a book] are next coloured, the gold size, 
consisting of white <>I <"4:, r mixed with water, called glaire, 
is laid on with a camel's-hair brush, ami immediately cov- 
ered with gold leaf. Kneiic. ISrit., IV. 48. 
2. Any viscous transparent substance resem- 
bling the white of an egg ; hence, any viscous 
substance. 
Let me likewise declare my facts and fall, 
And eke recite what means this slimy .'//- >'<'. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 106. 
I found the tongue black and dry, with a black glare on 
the teeth. Sir W. Furdiiee. -Muriatic Acid, p. 11. 
glair (glar), v. t. [< glair, n.~\ To smear with 
glair or the white of an egg ; smear with a vis- 
cous substance. 
The edge [of the book| is now glaired evenly, and the 
gold ... is then gently laid on the edge which has been 
glaired. \Vwkxhop Receipts, 4th ser., p. 245. 
glaireous (glar'e-us), a. [< glair + -e-ous. Cf. 
glairous.] Resembling glair or the white of an 
egg ; viscous ; glairy. Also glairous, glareous. 
glairin (glar'in), . [<<//;> + -' 2 .] A glairy 
substance which forms on the surface of some 
thermal waters. 
glairing (glar'ing), . [Verbal n. of glair, .] 
The process of washing or sizing with glair 
the covers of books before gilding. 
glairous (glar'us), a. [= F. glaireitx; as glair 
+ -OK*.] Same as glaireous. 
glairy (glar'i), a. [< glair + -i.] Consisting 
of or resembling glair; covered with or appear- 
ing as if covered with glair. 
The first sign of it is a glairy discharge. 
Wiseman, Surgery. 
His head was nearly bald, and the crown showed smooth 
and glairy. S. Judd, Margaret, 1. 2. 
glaive, n. See glam. 
glaived, a. See glared. 
glam 1 !, . [ME., < Icel. glam, mod. glamr, a 
sound, noise, clash, = Sw. glam, chat, talk, = 
Dan. glam, a barking; cf. Icel. glama, talk, 
twaddle, = Sw. glamma, talk, chat, = Dan. 
glamme, bark.] Loud talking; a noise; a cry; 
a shout; a call. 
Much glam & gle glent vp ther-inne, 
Aboute the fyre vpon flet. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E, E. T. S.), 1. 1652. 
The god man [Lot] glyfte with that glam, and gloped for 
noyse. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 849. 
Then Codes glam to hem glod that gladed hem alle, 
Bede hem drawe to the dor, delyuer hem he wolde. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 499. 
glam 2 (glam), . [A dial. var. of clam 3 .] The 
clump or otter-shell, Lutraria elliptica, a bivalve 
mollusk. [Devonshire, Eng.] 
glama (gla'ma), . [L. glama, otherwise gra- 
mia, < Or. *yAe^7, "yAt/^r/ (found only in deriva- 
tives, as in y)ta/ivp6<;, L. gramiosus, blear-eyed), 
assumed forms of 'f-iifiri, also Arifiia, a humor 
that gathers in the corner of the eye.] In 
pathol., an accumulation of more or less gum- 
my material at the edges of the eyelids : a fea- 
ture sometimes of conjunctivitis and sometimes 
of marginal blepharitis. Also called lippitudo. 
glamberry (glam'ber"i), .; pi. glamberries (-iz). 
The Byrsonima lucida, a small malpighiaceous 
tree of the West Indies and Florida Keys, bear- 
ing an edible fruit. 
glamour (glam'or), . [Also glamor and, more 
correctly, tjlamer (the term, -our, -or, falsely sim- 
ulating the term. prop, so written) ; Sc. glamer, 
glamor, glamour, also extended glamerie, glam- 
merie, glaumerie; a var. of grainer, gramere, 
gramery, gramory, gramarye, enchantment, a 
particular use of ME. grainer, etc., also glom- 
ery, grammar : see grammar, gramary, glomery. 
The word has heretofore been otherwise ex- 
plained: for example (erroneously;, as < Icel. 
glamr, a poet, name for the moon, Glamr, the 
name of a famous ghost in the story of Gret- 
tir (Grettis Saga); in comp. gtam-syni, illusion 
(syni, sight) ; prob. from the same root as 
gleam 1 , glim, glimmer. Some association with 
gleam 1 , glim, glimmer, may have influenced the 
change from gramer to glamer; but the same 
change appears in the ME. glomery, grammar. 
The word glamour, taken up by Scott from its 
use in some popular ballads, was by him made 
familiar in general literature.] Enchantment ; 
a supposed influence of a charm on the eye, 
causing it to see objects under an unreal sem- 
blance; hence, anything that obscures or de- 
ceives vision, physical or mental ; fascination ; 
charm; witchery. Compare gramary (originally 
the same word). 
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The gypsies came to our good lord's gate, 
Ami \vuw hut they s;tn^ sweetly ; 
They sang sae sweet and sae very complete, 
That down came the fair lady. 
As soon as they saw her weel-far'd face, 
They cast the glamer o'er her. 
Ui/lixie Laddie (Child s Ballads, IV. 116). 
It had much of glamour might ; 
Could make a ladye seem a knight. 
Scott, L. of L. II., iii. 9. 
To her soul 
All the desert's glamour stole. 
H'hittier, Truce of Piscataqua. 
Why might not the poor heresiarch plead the illusion 
and false glamour of his supposed wrong tenets? 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, II. 150. 
glamour (glam'or), v. t. [< glamour, .] To 
charm ; bewitch. 
We are not quite sure that the Chancellor has not some- 
times envied those of his parliamentary foes pre-eminently 
endowed with the gift of glamouring eloquence. 
Lowe, Bismarck, II. 520. 
An infuriate glamouring song. 
The Academy, April 28, 1888, p. 298. 
glamoury (glam'o-ri), . [Prop, glamery (glam- 
oury being a recent conformation to glamour) ; 
Sc. glamerie, glammerie, glaumerie, etc.: see 
glamour.] Enchantment: same as glamour. 
It maun surely be the pithiness o' the style, or some be- 
witching glaumerie that gars fowk glaum at them. 
Edinburgh Hag., April, 1821, p. 352. 
Andrew read it over studiously, and then said, My Lord, 
this is glammerie. Gait, Sir Andrew Wylie, I. 256. 
glance (glans), n. [Formerly also spelled glaunce; 
first in 16th century; of Scand. (or perhaps D.) 
origin: OSw. glans, splendor, Sw. glans Dan. 
glands, splendor, luster, brightness, gloss, = 
D. glans = OHG. 'glanz (not found), MHG. 
glanz, G. glam, splendor, luster; cf. OHG. 
MHG. glanz, a., splendid, shining, bright, MHG. 
glander, splendor, glander, a. , splendid, bright, 
glanst, splendor: all ult. from a verb repr. by E. 
glint: see glint.'] 1. A sudden shoot of light 
or splendor; a transient gleam. 
With winged expedition, 
Swift as the lightning glance, he executes 
His errand on the wicked. Milton, S. A., 1. 1284. 
My oriole, my glance of summer fire, 
Is come at last. Lowell, Under the Willows. 
2. A sudden look ; a rapid or momentary view 
or directing of the eye ; a sudden and brief 
turning of the attention toward something. 
I quickly perceived that they cast hostile glances upon 
one another. Addison, Party Patches. 
And, oh ! he had that merry glance 
That seldom lady's heart resists. 
Scott, Marmion, v. 9. 
3. A brief incidental notice ; a passing refer- 
ence : as, a rapid glance at the remote cause of 
an event. 4. A sudden change of direction of 
the motion of a projectile or other moving body, 
due to contact with a deflecting surface ; de- 
flected motion. 
For they saile away, being not once touched with the 
glaunce of a shot, and are quickly out of the Turkish can- 
nons reach. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 134. 
5. In mining and mineral., the English equiv- 
alent of the German glanz, a term used by Ger- 
man miners to designate various ores possess- 
ing that peculiar luster and color which indi- 
cate that they are metalliferous combinations. 
Such are bleiglanz (galena, a sulphuretof lead), eisenglanz 
(hematite, specular iron ore. a sesquioxid of iron), and 
many others. A sharp line cannot be drawn between glanz 
and kies as used by German miners. The equivalent of the 
latter in English is pyrites : as, iron pyrites, copper py- 
rites, etc. This word is in common use among both scien- 
tific men and miners ; but the word glance as the equiv- 
alent of glanz is less frequently heard, although by no 
means obsolete, since copper-glance, antimony-glance, and 
other similar names are met with occasionally. 
glance (glans). v. ; pret. and pp. glanced, ppr. 
glancing. [= Sw. gldnsa, shine, = Dan. glindse, 
gloss, glaze, = D. glanzen, gloss, = OHG. glanz- 
en, MHG. glenzen, G. glanzen, shine, glitter; 
from the noun.] I. intrans. 1. To shoot or 
dart a ray or rays of light or splendor ; emit 
flashes or coruscations of light ; flash. 
But she thereat was wroth, that for despight 
The glauncing sparkles through her bever glared. 
Spenter, F. Q., V. vi. 38. 
Now flashing wide, now glancing as in play, 
Swift beyond thought the lightnings dart away. 
Cowper, Truth, 1. 242. 
The waters of my native stream 
Are glancing in the sun's warm beam. 
H'hittier, The Norsemen. 
2. To appear and disappear rapidly, like a 
gleam of light ; be visible for an instant. 
Glance to and fro, like aery Sprites 
To feats of arms addrest 1 
Wordsworth, Memory. 
And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, 
His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small y//i<-//,./ 
feet. Macaulay, Virginius. 
gland 
With birchen boat and glaiu-imj c.ais. 
Whillier, Mugg Megone, ii. 
3. To look with a sudden rapid directing of the 
vision ; snatch a momentary or hasty view. 
Then sit again, and sigh, and glance. 
Suckling, Ballad upon a Wedding. 
Thy functions are ethereal, 
As if within thee dwelt a glancing mind, 
Organ of vision ! Wm'dxmu'th, Power of Sound, i. 
4. To make an incidental or passing reflection 
or allusion ; hint ; advert briefly. 
How canst thou thus, for shame, Titauia, 
Glance at my credit with Hippolyta, 
Knowing I know thy love to Theseus? 
Skak., M. N. D., ii. 2. 
He had written verse, wherein he glanced at a certain 
reverend doctor, famous for dulness. Swi/t. 
5. To be deflected and move off in an oblique 
direction ; move obliquely. 
Some have digged deep, yet glanced by the royal vein. 
Sir T. Jirowne, Christ. Mor., ii. 3. 
The heaviest shot glanced harmlessly from the sides of 
the assailing vessels. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xv. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to shoot or dart, as a 
ray of light ; reflect, as a gleam. 
The bink, with its usual arrangement of pewter and 
earthenware, . . . glanced back the flame of the lamp. 
Scott, Redgauntlet, letter iv. 
To glance a gladness round our hearth. 
W. Colton, Sea and the Sailor, p. 188. 
2. To direct rapidly and for a moment, as the 
eye or the attention. 
Forgive a moiety of the principal, 
Glancint/ an eye of pity on his losses. 
Shalt., M. of V., iv. 1. 
3. To suggest ; hint. 
Alone, it was the subject of my theme ; 
In company, I often glanced it. 
Shak., C. of E.,v. 1. 
I will here take leave to glance a few innuendoes. 
Swift, Tale of a Tub, x. 
glance-coal (glans'kol), . [Tr. G. glamkohle, 
< glanz, = E. glance, + kohle = E. coal.~\ Any 
hard, lustrous coal, either anthracitic in char- 
acter or resembling anthracite. 
glancingly (glan'smg-li), adv. In a glancing 
manner; by glancing; in an oblique manner; 
incidentally. 
Phrynicus self telleth us also glauncingly that he was 
timerous and easy to be frayed. 
Xorth, tr. of Plutarch, p. 452. 
gland (gland), . [< F. glande, 1., a gland (cf. 
F. gland, m., = Pr. giant, glan = It. ghianda, 
an acorn), < L. glans (gland-), an acorn (> 
dim. glandula, a gland: see glandule); cf. Gr. 
/l&atnf, an acorn, prob. < fidl.feiv, throw, cast.] 
1. In anat.: (a) A lymphatic ganglion; one 
of the numerous small, smooth, rounded or- 
gans which occur in the course of the lym- 
phatics : formerly more fully called conglobate 
gland. See cut under lymphatic. (6) Some se- 
cretory part or organ ; a secreting crypt, fol- 
licle, or the like, generally of mucous or tegu- 
mentary surfaces, or a conglomeration of such 
parts composing some organ which secretes or 
excretes a substance peculiar to itself, as the 
liver, kidney, pancreas, parotid gland, testi- 
cle, etc., or the lacrymal, sebaceous, salivary, 
gastric, intestinal, and other glands. Glands, 
thus specifically denned, are either simple, consisting of 
a single secretory follicle or recess, or compound, consist- 
ing of an aggregate of such structures ; the latter are also 
called tubular, saccular, racemose, etc., according to their 
intimate structure. The so-called ductless or vascular 
glands (see (c)) are not in this category, it being the es- 
sential character of a gland in this sense that it have an 
outlet for its special secretion. Glands of both these kinds 
were formerly classed as conglomerate glands, in distinc- 
tion from conglobate or lymphatic glandx. (c) Some 
smooth rounded part or organ of undetermined 
function, as the spleen and the thyroid and 
thymus. See ductless gland, below, (d) The 
glans penis or glans clitoridis, the head of the 
penis orof thechtoris. 2. In hot.: (a) Anacorn; 
also, the similar involucrate nut of the hazel, 
beech, and chestnut. (6) A secreting organ 
upon the surface of any part of a plant, or par- 
tially embedded in it. The term is extended to in- 
clude also any protuberance or structure of a similar 
nature, though it may not secrete. Glands vary much in 
form and appearance, and in the character of their secre- 
tions. 
3. In mac!/., a contrivance, consisting of a cross- 
piece or clutch, for engaging or disengaging 
machinery moved by belts or bands. 4. In 
steam-engines and other machines: (a) A stuff- 
ing-box. (6) A joint so tightly packed as to 
retain oil or other lubricating fluid for a con- 
siderable length of time. Also called gland- 
