glaver 
Huw many, elepul liln'iniilirK iil<n-<'/;',i dyversely. 
II >/;/'. Select Works (eel. Arnold), I. 181. 
Siche glaverande gomes greves me hot lyttille ! 
Marie Aftliiirr (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2538. 
2. To use flattery; speak wheedlingly. 
That wicked folkc wynuucn l>i-traieth, 
And higileth hem of her good with v''" ' """ wordes. 
Piers Pluii'iinin I Cm/.' < li. E. T. 8.), L 61. 
O glavering rtatterie ! 
How potent art thou ! 
Martton, What you Will, ii. 1. 
Give him warning, admonition, to forsake his saucy 
glavering grace, ami his goggle eye. 
E. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. 
Fielding asserts, that lie never knew a person with a 
steady yhtrerii/y smile but he found him a rogue. 
Goldfmilh, Animated Nature, II. 94. 
II. trans. To flatter; wheedle. 
Beare not a nattering tongue to glaver unit-. 
A/ectionate Shepherd (1594), sig. D 4. 
[Now only prov. Eng.] 
glaverert (glav'er-er), n. A flatterer. 
These glauerer* gone, myself to rest I laid, 
And, doubting nothing, soundly fell asleep?. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 407. 
glaymt, glaymoust. See iflnim, glaimous. 
glaymoret (gla'mor), . A form of claymore, 
probably used by mistake in the following pas- 
sage: 
Their arms were anciently the glayittore, or great two- 
handed sword, and afterwards the two-edged sword and 
target. Johntun, Jour, to Western Isles. 
glaze (glaz), f. ; pret. and pp. glazed, ppr. glaz- 
ing. [< ME. glasen, furnish with glass, cause 
to shine (= MHG. glasen, G. ver-glasen, glaze, 
= Icel. glama, cause to shine), < glus, glass: see 
glass, n. Cf. glass, f.] I. trans. 1. To place 
or fasten glass in ; furnish or set with glass, as 
a window, case, frame, or the like ; cover with 
glass, as a picture. 
With glas 
Were allu the wyndowes wel yglaaed. 
Cltaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 323. 
ISothe wyndowes and wowes [walls] icll wolle a-meuden 
and glane. Pier* Plowman (C), iv. 65. 
Let there be two delicate or rich cabinets, daintily 
paved, richly hanged, (and) ijlazrd with crystalline glass. 
Bacon, Building (ed. 1!>87). 
In England, we have not, as far as I am aware, any in- 
stance of a glazed triforium. 
J. Fergitfttfon, Hist. Arch., I. 570. 
2. To cover, incrust, or overlay with something 
resembling glass in appearance or effect ; cover 
with a shining vitreous or glairy substance; 
hence, to make glossy or glass-like in appear- 
ance : as, to glaze earthenware ; to glaze pas- 
try, cloth, or paper. 
For sorrow's eye, glazed with Minding tears, 
Divides one thing entire to many objects. 
SA*., Rich. II., ii. >. 
An old gentlewoman's gkized face in a new periwig. 
iliddleton, Family of Love, ii. '>. 
Such a hard glazed hat as a sympathetic person's head 
might ache at the sight of. DickeitK, Dombey and Son, iv. 
What is this ? his eyes are heavy : think not they are 
glazed with wine. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 
3. Specifically, in oil-painting, to coyer, as a 
picture or parts of a picture, with a thin coat of 
transparent color to modify the tone. 
Richly Instred, the drapery of Abraham being grounded 
in a full mass of ruby, glazed over blue outline and shad- 
ing. Cat. Sonlages CM., p. 19. 
4f. To cause to shine ; polish. 
Glaxifii, or make a thyng to shyne, pernitido, polio. 
Prompt. Pare., p. 197. 
Glazed iron, pig-iron containing a large amount some- 
times as much as 6 or 7 per cent. of silicon. Such iron 
is very brittle in tile process of casting, and unmanage- 
able in the puddling-furnace or the refinery. Also called 
glazy iron. Glazed pottery, pottery the paste or body 
of which is covered with a vitreous material called glaze. 
(See glaze, n., 1.) This glaze is sometimes applied to the 
surface by dipping or otherwise ; but the common salt 
glaze is produced by throwing salt into the hot kiln when 
the firing is nearly complete. To glaze one's hOOdt or 
b-OUVet, to hoodwink ; beguile ; deceive. 
But walaway ! al this nat but a maze, 
Fortune his howve entended bet to glaze. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 469. 
II. intrans. If. To shine; be. brilliant. 
Lete enere gabbing glide & goon 
Away, whether it wole glase or glent. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 109. 
2. To assume a dim glassy luster; become 
overspread with a semi-transparent film. 
A light on Marmion's visage spread, 
And fired his glazing eye. 
Scott, Marmion, vi. ai 
glaze (glaz), n. [< glaze, ).] 1. A vitrifiable 
substance applied to the surface of fine pottery, 
stoneware, and porcelain. It is either a substance 
which can be applied directly to the biscuit in liquid form, 
or one, as common salt, the vapors of which, when it is 
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placed in the furnace with the ware, will affect the sur- 
face of the latter in the manner desired. Porcelain glaze 
is an example of the first kind, a in I i> a -.uri nf translucent 
^lass which combines with the paste .sulticiently to form a 
perfect union with it, but retains a slight thickness through 
which the paste is seen. Salt glaze is the commonest in- 
stance of the second variety. Also called cutitrrte, I'ufi'f- 
i.'/. glaziny. 
Great confusion has been caused in various uui-ks mi 
pottery by a careless use of the terms gltize and enamel "; 
they are both of the nature of glass, but the best dis- 
tinction to make is to apply the word "enamel" to a vit- 
reous coating that is opaque, and the \\u\\\glnze to one that 
is transparent ; both may be coloured. 
Kitcye. llrit., XIX. 601. 
2. A bright polish or glazed appearance on any 
surface. 
Blacklead (graphite) is placed in the churns with the 
common powders to give a fine glaze in a short time, but 
this practice is detrimental to the quality of the powder, 
causing the gun barrel tu foul much quicker, and leaving 
a greater residue. H'. H". Greener, The Gun, p. 314. 
3. In oil-painting, a thin layer of transparent 
color spread over a painted surface Aventurin 
glaze. See atenturiu. -Lustrous glaze, a name given 
to the extremely thin glaze of certain kinds of {lottery, 
especially Greek, Egyptian, etc., the exact composition of 
which is imperfectly known. This glaze is not generally 
very brilliant, although it varies in different pieces; but 
its slight gloss is almost indestructible, and was of impor- 
tance in making the vessels water-tiuht. Marbled glaze, 
a glaze for pottery colored with hues mingled in imita- 
tion of the veining of marble. Varnished glaze, the 
glaze or enamel of pottery when applied in considerable 
thickness, as in most of the fine potteries of modern 
Europe. 
glazent (gla'zn), . [Early mod. E. glasen (also 
glassen, q. v. ); < ME. glasen, < AS. gltesen (= 
OHG. glexin, MHG. glesin, G. glasern), of glass, 
< gla's, glass, + -e 2 . Cf. brazen.] Of or re- 
sembling glass. 
gleamy 
The f/lazinii takes from five to ei^ht hours, in wooden 
barrels revolving thirty-four times per minute. 
II". II". trY.viv, The (inn, p. 314. 
glazing-barrel (gla'zing-bar"el), n. A tum- 
bling-DOx or revolving barrel in which gunpow- 
der is ground and polished or glazed by attri- 
tion witli graphite. 
glazing-machine (gla'zing-mii-Nhen'), n. A 
press with two polished rollers used for giving 
a glossy surface to printed sheets, especially 
gold and color work. 
glazing-panel (gla'zing-pan"el), 11. In stained- 
glass work, one of the frames of leaded sash 
ready to be put into place in the window-open- 
ing. 
glazing-wheel (gla'zing-hwel), H. Same as 
iflaztr (c). 
glazy (gla'zi), a. [< glaze + '-yi. Cf. glassy.] 
Glazed. See glazed iron, under glaze, v. t. 
Not shaking, but drawing oil the clear i/lazii liquid. 
' Iteceiiitt, 1st ser., p. 360. 
I sige as a glasen se. Wuclif, Rev. xv. 2 (Oxf.). 
Contre-fenestre IF.], a woodden window (on the outside 
of a glasen one). Cotgrave. 
He did him to the market-place, 
And there he bought a loaf o' wax ; 
He shaped it bairn and bairnly like, 
And in twa glazen een he pat. 
WUlie'i Ladye (Child's Ballads, I. 166). 
glazer (gla'zer), ii. One who or that which 
glazes. Specifically (a) A workman who applies the 
vitreous incrustation to the surface of earthenware, (b) 
A roll for calendering cloth or paper, (c ) A wooden wheel 
used by cutlers and lapidaries for grinding and finishing. 
It is faced with leather, or with an alloy of lead and tin, 
and is employed with emery-powder or other polishing 
material. Sometimes it is used without facing. Also called 
glazing-wheel. 
glaze-wheel (glaz'hwel), n. A wooden wheel 
used by cutlers for putting a final polish on the 
metallic surface of their wares; a glazer. 
Wheels of wood, or glaze-irheels. 
O. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 414. 
glaze-wormt, . Same as glass-worm. 
Dost t In HI not know that a perfect friend should be like 
the glaze-worm, which shineth most bright in the darke? 
Lylg, Euphues, sig. I 4. 
glazier (gla'zher), . [< ME. "glasiere, glasyare, 
< glatt, glass, + -i-er. Cf. brazier 1 , grazier.'] 1. 
One who fits window-glass to sash- and picture- 
frames. 2. Onewho applies the vitreous glaze 
to pottery. 3f. pi. Eyes. [Old slang.] 
Toure out with your glaziers '. I swear by the ruffi n, 
That we are assaulted by a queer cufttn. 
Brome, Jovial Crew, ii. 
These glasiers of mine, mine eyes. 
Middleton and Dekker, Roaring Girl, v. 1. 
Glaziers' points. See point. Glaziers' turned lead. 
Same as came*, 2. 
glazing (gla'zing), . [< ME. glasynge; verbal 
n. of glaze, t'.] 1. The act or art of setting 
glass ; the craft of a glazier. 
This Bonet was the ftrste that bronghte the crafte of 
glasynge into this lande. Fabyan, Chron., I. xxxiv. 
2. Glasswork; the glass of windows. 
Al the story of Troye 
Was in the glasynge ywrought thus. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 327. 
The light on the side away from the glazing shall be 
maintained as subsidiary. /."'. Photography, p. 193. 
3. The application to a piece of pottery or por- 
celain of the glaze which is to cover it. This is 
done by immersion, or by pouring the glaze upon the piece 
(a process especially used for those pieces of which the 
interior only is to be glazed), or by exposure to the vapor 
of a material which is volatilized for the purpose. See 
glaze. 
4. In ceram., same as gla:e, 1. 5. In oil-paint- 
ing, the operation of spreading a thin layer of 
transparent color with the brush or the fingers, 
or with the palm of the hand, over those parts 
of a picture whose tone it is desirable to modi- 
fy. 6. In gunpou'der-manuf., the operation 
of breaking off the angular projections of the 
grains, and giving them a round, smooth, glossy 
surface, performed in a glazing-barrel. 
glet, " A Middle English form of glee 1 . 
gleabt, n. An obsolete spelling of glebe. 
glead't, Aii obsolete spelling of glede 1 . 
glead'-'t, n. An obsolete spelling of gleed 1 . 
gleam 1 (glem), n. [Also formerly or dial, gleeni, 
< ME. gleem, glem, < AS. glmn, splendor, bright- 
ness, gleam. Cf. Icel. gldnir, a poet, name for 
the moon, Gldmr, the name of a famous ghost 
in the story of Grettir, Gldma, the name of 
a glacier (see under glamour) ; closely related 
to AS. gleam H (orig^glimu), splendor, bright- 
ness, etc.: see glim, glimmer.'] 1. Brightness; 
splendor. 
Then was the faire Dodonian tree far seene 
Upon seaven hills to spread his gladsome gleaine, 
And couquerours bedecked with his greene. 
Speimer, Visions of Bellay, v. 
In the clear azure gleam the Hocks are seen. 
Pojif, Windsor Forest, 1. 215. 
2. A flash of light; a beam; a ray; a small 
stream of light ; a dim or subdued glow ; hence, 
something conceived as analogous to a flash or 
beam of light. 
Over the tent a cloud 
shall rest by day, a fiery gleam by night. 
Milton, P. L., xii. 257. 
Glory about thee, without thee ; and thou fulfillest thy 
doom, 
Making Him broken gleam*, and a stifled splendour and 
gloom. Tennyson, Higher Pantheism. 
O'er his face of moody sadness 
For an instant shone 
Something like a gleam of gladness. 
Whittier, The Fountain. 
There was a gleam of fun in the corners of her lips. 
H'. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 222. 
Specifically 3. A flash of lightning. 4. A 
hot interval between showers. Salliicell. 
gleam 1 (glem), r. i. [< ME. glemen; from the 
noun: see gleam 1 , .] 1. To dart or throw 
rays of light; glimmer; glitter; shine; dawn; 
hence, to appear suddenly and clearly, like a 
beam or flash of light. 
For in a glorious gle my gleteryng it ylemee. 
York Plays, p. 4. 
The meek-eyed Mom appears, mother of dews, 
At first taint-,'//- "/"'",'/ in the dappled east. 
Thomson, Summer, 1. 48. 
So sweetly gleaiit'd her eyes behind her tears 
Like sunlight on the plain behind a shower. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
What lady is this, whose silk attire 
Gleams so rich in the light of the fire? 
M. Arnold, Tristram and Iseult. 
2t. To glance ; look. 
Xectanabus anonne right nyed hym tyll, 
And ginning gainelich too the gome saide. 
Alisautuler of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 506. 
= Syn. 1. Glisten, Glitter, etc. See glare*, i). i. 
gleam 2 t, " t- [Early mod. E. also gleme; a va- 
riant of gleanl.] Same as glean 1 . 
To gleaine corne, [L.] spicilegere. 
Levin*, Manip. Vocab., p. 208, 1. 20. 
To gleme corne, [L.] spicilegium facere. 
lluloet. 
gleam 3 t (glem), v. i. [Perhaps a var. of glean 2 , 
as gleam 2 is of glean 1 .'] In falconry, to disgorge 
refuse from the stomach, as a hawk, 
gleamert, [A var. of gleaner."] Same as 
gleaner. 
Gleainer of corne, [L.] spicilegus. Huloet. 
gleaming (gle'ming), n. [< ME. glemynge ; ver- 
bal n. otgleaml, v."] A flash or ray of light, or 
something comparable to it; a gleam. 
Ye gleaming* of departed peace, 
Shine out your last. Thomson, Spring, 1. 1082. 
gleamy (gle'mi), a. [< gleam* + -//i.] Dart- 
ing beams of light ; gleaming; flashing; beam- 
ing. 
The moon was up, and shot a gleamy light. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath, 1. 214. 
