glis 
glis (glis), n. [L., a dormouse.] 1. PI. glires 
(gli'rez). A kind of dormouse, HIJOJCUS (JM- 
2 [caii ] A genus of dormice. Er.rli'li<'n,\ni. 
glisk (glisk), i). i. [A dial. var. of <//(*<.] 1. 
To glitter. 2. To look slyly or askance. Hal- 
liwell. [Prov. Eng. in both senses.] 
glisk (glisk), . [< glisk, f.] 1. A glance or 
gleam of light. [Scotch.] 
The flock, thickly scattered over the heath, arose, and 
turned to the ruddying east yluk of returning light 
Blackwoods Mag., June, 1820, p. 277. 
2. A transient view; a glimpse. Jamieson. 
[Scotch.] 
He has a gloaming sight o' what's reasonable that is 
anes and awa' a glisk and nae mair. Scott, Rob Hoy, xxi. 
gliss (glis), v. '. [< ME. glissen, glance, glisien, 
shine, < AS. glisian = OFries. glisa = MLG. 
glisen, glissen = ODan. glise, shine; a secondary 
form, connected with glisten, glister, prob. from 
an orig. base "glits-, extended from the root 
"t/lit of glitter : see glist, glisten, glister*-, glitter, 
andcf.ffJm.ti.] 1. To shine; glitter. [Obso- 
lete or prov. Eng.] 
A greate glisiande God grathly mee tolde, 
That thou shalt raigne when I rotte on my ryche Ipndes. 
Alisaunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1196. 
Her girdle shew'd her middle gimp, 
And gowden glist her hair. Hardyknute, st. 4. 
2f. To glance ; look. 
He glysset up with his ene, that gray were and grete. 
Anturs of Arthur, st. 28. 
glissa (glis'a), n. [Origin not ascertained.] 1. 
A fish of th'e tunny kind without scales. 2. 
[cap.] [NL.] A genus of zygamid moths, hav- 
ing the palpi broad, rectangular, and applied 
to the head. The sole species, G. bifacies, is 
Brazilian. Walker, 1864. 
glissade (gli-sad'), . [< F. glissade, < glisser, 
slide, glide, slip, < OD. glitsen, glissen, D. gits- 
sen = MLG. glisclien, LG. glisken = G. glitschen, 
slide ; with verb-formative -s (as in E. glimpse, 
cleanse, bless, etc.), from the base glid- of D. 
glijden = G. gleiten = E. glide: see glide.] 1. 
The act of sliding, as on ice ; a slide. 
We put the house in order, packed up, and shot , by glis- 
sade down the steep slopes of La Filia to the vault of the 
Arveiron. Tyndall, Forms of Water, p. 92. 
Timur himself was let down the snows by glissade In a 
basket guided by ropes. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 821. 
2. In dancing, a sliding or gliding step to the 
right or left. 
"Our Louise in time will dance very well," remarked 
the Judge to his wife, as he noticed with great pleasure 
the little glissades and chassees of his daughter. 
Mary Howitt, tr. of Frederika Bremer s Home, us. 
glissade (gli-sad' ),..; pret. and pp. glissaded, 
ppr. glissading. [< glissade, n.] To slide; glide. 
[Bare.] 
K. and C., amid shouts of laughter, glissaded gallantly 
over the slopes of snow. 
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And sodainly beholde a certain man, whose counte- 
niiiince was full of maiestie, stood visible before me, in a 
glistening garmente. J- Udall, On Acts x. 
How unpolish't soever this diamond be, yet if it do but 
glissen, 'tis too presious to be cast away. 
Jlaminond, Works, IV. 660. 
The bright arms and banners of the French were seen 
glistening in the distance. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa. , li. 12. 
Mothers' eyes glistened at the windows upon the glis- 
tening bayonets of their boys below. 
a. W. Curtis, Int. to Cecil Dreeme. 
= Syn. Glister, Glitter, etc. See glarel, n. i. 
glisten (glis'n), n. [< glisten, v.] Glitter; spar- 
kle; gleam. [Rare.] 
And crossing, oft we saw the glisten 
Of ice, far up on a mountain head. 
Tennyson, The Daisy. 
The sight of a piece of gold would bring into her eyes 
a green glisten, singular ^witness. ^ .. ^^ ^ 
glister 1 (glis'ter), v. i. [< ME. glisteren, glistren 
= MD. glisteren, D. glinsteren = MLG. glinstern, 
glistern, LG. glinsteren, glister; a freq. form, 
with suffixed -t, from the base glis- in gliss, glist, 
glisten, etc.: see gliss, glisten.] To sparkle; 
glitter. [Obsolete or rare.] 
Many an helme and many a theUegtotred a-gein the 
sonne. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ni. iiso. 
The gold, the precius stonys in the Auter when they 
Gluiteryd And shone, it was grett mervell to See. 
Torkinylon, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 11. 
All that glisters is not gold. Shak. , M. of V. , 1L 7. 
The Prince called Axgugce, that is Lord of riches: he 
shewed vs (saith Bermudez) a Mountaine [of Ethiopia] 
globe 
glitterandt, a. [Archaic in Spenser; < ME. 
gliterand, ppr. (north.) of g/itcren, glitter: see 
glitter, r.] Shining; glittering. 
DoKohtres of kinges ... in gliterand gilted hemminges. 
Early Eng. 1's., xliv. [xlv.] 14. 
They bene yclad in purple and pall, . . . 
Ygyrt with belts of glilterand gold. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., July. 
glitteringly (glit'er-ing-li), adv. In a glitter- 
ing manner; with sparkling luster. 
gloam (glom), n. [A dial. var. of gloom.] The 
gloaming. [Poetical.] 
I saw their starved lips in the gloam, 
With horrid warning gaped wide. 
Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci. 
gloam (glom), v. i. [A dial. var. of gloom, v.] 
1. To grow dark: as, it begins to gloam. 2f. 
To be sullen ; gloom. 
gloaming (glo'ming), . and a. [A dial. var. of 
(/looming, which, though little used in this sense, 
is the proper E. representative of AS. glomung: 
see glooming, gloom.] I. n. 1. The fall of the 
evening as the time of dusk or gloom; the 
twilight. [A provincial word recently adopted 
by English writers.] 
'Twlxt the gloaming and the mirk, when the kye come 
name. Uogn, When the Kye come Hame. 
The snow had begun in the gloaming. 
Lowell, First Snow-Fall. 
Supper cleared away, we sat in the gloaming, looking 
out over the dimly-lit plain. 0' 'Donovan, Merv, xxi. 
glissando (gle-san'do), . [As if It, ppr., equiv. 
to F. glissant, ppr. of glisser, slide : see glissade.] 
1. In pianoforte-playing, an effect produced by 
running the tips of the fingers rapidly along 
the keys, without striking them with the fingers 
separately. 2. In violin-playing, a rapid slur. 
Also glissato, glissicando, and glissicato. 
glissant (glis'ant), a. [F., ppr. of glisser, 
glide: see glissade.] In her., same as gliding. 
glissette (gli-sef), n. [< F. glisser, slide.] A 
curve described by a point upon a rigid piece 
two other points of which slide upon two curves 
or upon the same curve. 
glistt, v. i. [ME. glisten, a var. of glissen, glisten, 
shine : see gliss, and cf . glisten, glister^.] 1 . To 
shine; glisten. 
Semde as than ha sehe ithe glistinde glem the deore 
rode areachen to the heouene [seemed as though she saw 
in the glistening gleam the dear rood (precious cross) 
reach to the heavens]. St. Marherete (ed. CockayneX p. 9. 
2. To look. 
BUeWcU V I Bill til jjGiiiiu.uv.ij/ t .ua.^1... - i JT- -- - 
glistering in some places like the Sunne, saying all that 
was gold. Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 672. 
=Syn Glisten, Glitter, etc. Seeglarel,v.i. 
glister 1 (glis'ter), n. [< glister*, v.] Sheen; 
luster; glitter. [Obsolete or rare.] 
The glister of the profit that was judged hereof to have 
ensued to Scottishmen at the first sight blinded many 
men's eyes. Knox, Hist. Reformation, i. 
glister 2 , glister-pipe (glis'ter, -pip). Same as 
cluster, clyster-pipe. 
gift (glit), . [Avar.offirferf.] 1 . Tough phlegm. 
2. Ooze in the bed of a river. Jamieson. 
[Scotch.] 
glitter (glit ' er), v. i. [< ME. gliteren, rarely 
alideren (AS. *gliterian not found) = MHG. G. 
glitzern = Icel. glitra = Sw. glittra = Dan. glitre, 
glitter; a freq. form, equiv. to AS. glittnian, 
glitenian = OHG. glizinon, MHG. glitzinen, ^glit- 
ter, to Goth, glitmunjan, shine, and to MHtr. 
glitzen = Icel. glita = ODan. glitte, glitter (Icel. 
glit, n., glitter); all secondary forms from an 
orig. strong verb, OS. glitan = OHG. ghzan, 
MHG. glizen, G. gleissen, shine, glitter, from a 
root "glit, allied to glim, glimmer, etc. : see glim, 
glimmer, and cf. gliss, glisten, glister*.] 1. To 
shine or gleam with scattered light ; emit scin- 
tillating flashes of light; sparkle; glisten: as, 
a glittering sword. 
The rede statue of Mars with spere and targe 
So shineth in his white baner large, 
That alle the f eeldes gliteren up and doun. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 119. 
Ther sholde ye haue sein the baners and fresh armes 
. . . t._ iVa u vllll I ' 'I tl' ' *-" 1 *' 1 ** ViniiKorib-oa t1i>i(rnT. BnvTl. 
Like those three stars of the airy Giant's zone, 
That glitter burnish'd by the frosty dark. 
Tennyson, Princess, v. 
Sparklike gems glitter from many a hand. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 202. 
glist (glist), n. [See glist, v., glisten, glister*. Cf. 
glimmer, n., mica.] In mining, a shining black 
or brown mineral, of an iron cast, something 
like cockle (schorl). Pryce. [Cornwall.] 
glisten (glis'n), v. i. [Early mod. E. also glis- 
sen; < ME. glistnen, < AS. glisnian, glisten, 
shine ; with verb-formative -n, from the base 
glis-, seen also in AS. glisian, ME. glisien, shine. 
glissen, glance: see gliss. Cf. glist, glister 1 .] 
To shine gleamingly ; sparkle with light ; espe- 
cially, to shine with a scintillating or twinkling 
light : as, glistening snow ; the glistening stars ; 
his face glistened with pleasure. 
Hence 2. To be brilliant or showy; be at- 
tractive from showiness: as, the glittering 
scenes of a court. 
They think they err, if in their verse they fall 
On any thought that's plain or natural : 
Fly this excess; and let Italians be 
Vain authors of false glittering Poetry. 
Soame and Dryden, tr. of Boileau's Art of Poetry. 
I saw her [the Queen of France] just above the horizon, 
decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just be- 
gan to move in glittering like the morning star, full of 
life, and splendour, and joy. Burke, Rev. in France. 
The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right 
which make up the Declaration of Independence. 
Choate, Letter to Maine Whig Committee, 1866. 
=Syn. 1. Glisten, Gleam, etc. See glarel, v. i. 
glitter (glit'er), n. [< glitter, .] Sparkling 
or scintillating light; brilliancy; splendor; 
luster: as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of 
royal equipage. 
With what permissive glory since his fall 
Was left him, or false glitter. Milton, P. L., x. 462. 
glitterance (glit'er-ans), n. [< glitter + -ance, 
as in brilliance, etc.] Glitter; brightness; 
brilliancy. [Rare.] 
It rose and fell upon the surge, 
Till from the glitterance of the sunny main 
He turn'd his aching eyes. Southey, Thalaba, xii. 
Hence 2. Closing period; decline: as, the 
gloaming of life. 3f. Gloominess of mood or 
disposition; glooming. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to the gloaming or 
twilight. Gloaming star, the evening star. [Scotch.] 
gloart, f. i. Another spelling of glare. 
gloat (glot), v. [Formerly also glote (also glout) ; 
< Icel. glotta, grin, smile scornfully, = Sw. 
dial, glotta, glutta, peep, = MHG. glotzen, G. 
glotzen, stare. Cf. OBulg. gledati, look, see. 
The Sw. Dan. glo, stare, is a particular use of 
glo, glow: see glow and gJey.] I. intrans. If. 
To cast a sidelong glance or ray; look furtively. 
Nor let thine eyes be gloting downe, cast with a hanging 
looke. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 292. 
By reflection a thing may be seen greater than it is, in 
a different place from the true one where it is ; colours 
may be made by reflection, as also gloating light and fire. 
Sir K. Digby, Nature of Bodies, xiii. 
2. To stare; gaze intently; specifically, to 
dwell or ponder with pleasure, as upon some- 
thing that gratifies an evil passion or a cor- 
rupt propensity : as, to gloat over the corpse of 
an enemy; to gloat upon a lascivious specta- 
cle ; to gloat over the ruin of a rival. 
And with her gloomy eyes 
To glote upon those stars to us that never rise. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xxvi. 
And then, having drunk, she floated over it, and tasted, 
and smelt of the cup of this hellish wine, as a wine-bibber 
does of that which is most fragrant and delicate. 
Hawthorne, Septimius Felton, p. 100. 
=Syn. 2. Gaze, etc. See rtarel. 
n.t trans. To convey by a look or a glance. 
Her tongue, I confess, was silent ; but her speaking 
eyes gloted such things, more immodest and lascivious 
than ravishers can act or women under a confinement 
think. Wycherley, Plain Dealer. 
globt, and v. See globe, n.,6, and globe, v. t., 2. 
globardt, See glotaUrd. 
Globaria(glo-ba'ri-a), n. [NL. (Latreille,1829), 
< L. globiis, a ball : see globe.'] A genus of wa- 
ter-beetles, of the family Hydrophilida;. There 
are 4 species, 3 East Indian and 1 South Afri- 
can. 
globate (glo'bat), a. [< L. globatus, pp. of 
globare, make into a ball, < globiis, a ball: see 
globe.] Having the form of a globe ; spherical ; 
spheroidal. 
globated (glo'ba-ted), a. Same as globate. 
clobber (glob'er), . Same as glubber. 
globe (glob), n. [< OF. globe, F. globe (the ME. 
glob, glub, glubbe, a company, is appar. directly 
from L.) = Sp. Pg. It. globo, < L. globiis, a ball, 
sphere, globe, a mass, company, troop, throng, 
akin to glonms, a ball, a clue, gl(eba, gleba, a 
clod, and ult. to E. clue: see glome, glebe, clue.] 
1. A spherical solid body ; a ball; a sphere; a 
body all points on whose surface are equidistant 
from a point within it (a center). 
Look downward on that qlube, whose hither side 
With light from hence, though but reflected, shines ; 
That place is earth, the seat of man.^ p ^ ^ ^ 
2. Anything globular or nearly so, whether 
solid or hollow : as, the globe of the eye ; the 
globe of a balloon. 
