glory 
("K/.EFIO-), rumor, report, fame, glory, = Buss. 
xlava, fame, glory (> ult. E. Slav, Slace 1 , slave 2 , 
q. v.), = Skt. qravas, glory; akin to L. in-elutim, 
in-ditus, renowned, famous (= Gr. n?.vr6f = Skt. 
gruta, renowned, = AS. Mud, E. loud), cluen(t-)s, 
clien(t-)s, a dependent, a client (> ult. E. client) ; 
all from the verb repr. by L. cluere, hear one- 
self spoken of, be reported or esteemed, = Gr. 
K)MW, hear, hear oneself spoken of, = Russ. slit- 
mate, hear, = Skt. -\/ qru, hear: see loud.'] 1. 
Exalted praise, honor, or distinction accorded 
by common consent to a person or thing ; hon- 
orable fame ; renown ; celebrity. 
In this faire wize they traveild long yfere, 
Through many hard assayes which did betide ; 
Of which he honour still away did beare, 
And spred his glory through all countryes wide. 
Spenser, . Q., II. i. 35. 
He [Edward III.] never won great Battel, of which he 
won many, but he presently gave the Olory of it to God by 
publick Thanksgiving. Baker, Chronicles, p. 133. 
The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Gray, Elegy. 
His Majesty would send a great force from home to re- 
cover the tarnished glory of the British arms, and to drive 
the French out of the Americas. 
Thackeray, Virginians, I. 19. 
2. A state of greatness or renown ; exaltation ; 
magnificence; pomp. 
Tyrus.now called Sur (whose r/iorw is sufficiently blazed 
by the Prophets Esay and Ezechiel). 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 90. 
They thought that the days of their ancient glory were 
about to return, and that they were to renew their career 
of triumph over the unbelievers. Irving, Granada, p. 102. 
3. Brightness; splendor; luster; brilliancy. 
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the 
moon, and another glory of the stars : for one star differ- 
eth from another star in glory. 1 Cor. xv. 41. 
Made them [the hills] aflame with a glory beyond that 
of amber and amethyst. George Eliot, Adam Bede, II. 301. 
4. The eternal splendor and happiness of hea- 
ven ; celestial bliss. 
Here be tears of perfect moan 
Wept for thee in Helicon, . . . 
Whilst thou, bright saint, high slt'st in glory. 
Milton, Ep. M. of Win. 
The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in 
holiness, and do immediately pass into glory. 
Shorter Catechism, ans. 37. 
5. Distinguished honor or ornament; that of 
which one boasts or may boast ; that of which 
one is or may be proud; peculiar distinction; 
pride. 
During which time her powre she did display 
Through all this Realme, the glory of her sex, 
And first taught men a woman to obay. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 20. 
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chal- 
dees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom 
and Gomorrah. Isa. xiiL 19. 
His disgrace Is to be called boy; but his glory is to sub- 
due men. Shak., L. L. L., L 2. 
This [binocular perspective] is artificially given only in 
the stereoscope, and is the glory of this little instrument. 
Le Conte, Sight, p. 144. 
6. An attribute, adjunct, characteristic, qual- 
ity, or action that renders glorious or illustri- 
ous : chiefly in the plural : as, the glories of a 
great reign ; the glories of the stage. 
Dr. Proudie . . . had begun to look up to archiepisco- 
pal splendour, and the glories of Lambeth, or at any rate 
of Bishopthorpe. Trollope, Barchester Towers, ill. 
The tall amaryllis puts forth crimson and yellow glories 
in the fields, rivaling the pomp of King Solomon. 
Mn. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xxxviii. 
7. A state of glorying ; exultant elation; vain- 
glory. 
I will punish . . . the glory of his high looks. 
Isa. x. 12. 
In military commanders and soldiers, vain glory is an 
essential point ; for as iron sharpens iron, so by glory one 
courage sharpeneth another. 
Bacon, Vain Glory (ed. 1887). 
A little glory in a soldier's mouth 
Is well-becoming. 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, i. 1. 
There is a certain robust felicity about old Hobbes's 
saying that it [laughter] is a sudden glory, or sense of emi- 
nency above others and our former selves. 
Dr. John Brown, John Leech. 
8t. Pride of purpose ; laudable ambition. 
The success of those wars was too notable to be un- 
known to your ears, which all worthy fame hath glory to 
come unto. Sir P. Sidney. 
9. In religious symbolism, a mark of great dig- 
nity, consisting of a combination of the nim- 
bus and the aureola that is, of the luminous 
halo (nimbus) encircling the head of the Deity, 
of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, and more rarely 
and less properly of saints, etc., and the radi- 
ance or luminous emanation (aureola) encom- 
Glory. Figure of Christ, facade of Cathe- 
dral of Angouleme, France ; lath century. 
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passing the whole person. Popularly, it is 
frequently confounded with the nimbus. See 
aureola, nimbus. 
But every knight 
beheld his fel- 
low's face 
As in a glory. 
Tennyson, Holy 
[Grail. 
10. A con- 
centered burst 
of sunlight 
through clouds, 
as after a 
storm ; a sun- 
burst; a lumi- 
nous glow of re- 
flected light up- 
on clouds. 
It seems possible 
that glories may be 
due to a cause 
somewhat analo- 
gous to that which 
produces the spuri- 
ous rainbows. 
Tait, Light, 167. 
Circle of glory, in 
her. See circle. 
Hand of glory. 
See hand. Order Of Glory (Nishan Iftikar), an order of 
the Ottoman empire, instituted by Mahmoud II. in 1831. 
To be In one's glory, to be in the full gratification of 
one's pride, vanity, taste, notion, or hobby. =Byn. 1. Fame, 
Renown, Honor, Glory. Fame is simply report, repute, 
whereby one is made widely known for what one is, does, 
etc. ; it may be good or bad, and is thus essentially the 
same as celebrity : as, an evil fame attaches to all traitors. 
lienown expresses the same idea through the notion that 
one is named again and again by the same persons and 
continually by new persons ; it may be bad, but is generally 
good. Fame may oe a weak word, but renown is always 
strong. Honor is the least external of these words, in- 
dicating often only a respectful frame of mind toward 
another : as, to hold one in honor. The word, however, 
sometimes has the meaning of a wide and excellent fame. 
It is the only one of the series that means acts or words of 
tribute. Glory is superlative fame or honor, but not ne- 
cessarily of wide extent. See famous. 
It is usual for ns, when we would take off from the/om 
and reputation of an action, to ascribe it to vainglory, and 
a desire otfame in the actor. 
Additon, Spectator, No. 255. 
Who, for the poor renojrn of being smart. 
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart. 
Young, Love of Fame, I. 113. 
In lark and nightingale we see what honor hath humility. 
Montgomery, Humility. 
I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness ; 
And, from that full meridian of my glory, 
I haste now to my setting. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
glory 1 (glo'ri), t). ; pret. and pp. gloried, ppr. 
glorying. [< ME. glorien, < OF. glorier = Pr. 
Sp. Pg. gloriar = It. gloriare, < L. gloriari, 
glory, boast, < gloria, glory, vaunting : see 
gloryi, n.] I. intrans. 1. To exult; rejoice: 
always with in. 
Thou gloriest in the name and title of a Christyan man : 
why yeldest thou not unto Christ that thou owest him 
by reason of thy profession? J. Udall, On Mark xii. 
Glory ye t'n his holy name. Ps. cv. 3. 
To be "perplext in faith" is one thing, to glory in per- 
plexity is another. H . N. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 275. 
2. To be boastful; exult arrogantly: always 
with in. 
The human reason and Judgment ... is too apt to 
boast, and glory in itself. Bacon, Fable of Pan. 
The Jews had the wisdom of their Traditions which 
they gloried in, and despised the Son of God himself 
when he came to alter them. StiUingfteet, Sermons, I. iii. 
n.t trans. To make glorious ; glorify; mag- 
nify and honor. 
The troop 
That gloried Venus on her wedding day. 
Greene and Lodge, Looking Glass for Lond. and Eng. ,p. 118. 
How he that glories Heaven with an honour 
Covets to glorify himself with honesty. 
R. Davenport, City Night-Cap, L 
glpry 2 t, '. [ME. gloryyn, < *glore (cf. gloar- 
fat, glory-fat), a var. of glair, Sc. glaur, mud, 
filth: see glair, glaur.] To defile; make dirty. 
Gloryyn, or wythe onclene thynge defoylyn [var. de- 
/y'yl maculo, deturpo. Prompt. Pan., p. 199. 
glory-hole (glo'ri -hoi), n. 1. An opening 
through which the interior of a furnace can be 
seen and reached. 2. A place for hiding away 
things prized; also, a cupboard for domestic 
utensils, as brooms, etc. [Colloq. and provin- 
cial.] 
You can bring out your old ribbon-box. . . . It's a char- 
ity to clear out your glory.holes once in a while. 
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, We Girls. 
glory-pea (glo'ri-pe), n. A plant of the genus 
Clianthus, 
gloset, and v. A Middle English form of gloze 
(and of gloss 2 ). 
glosert, A Middle English form of glozer 
(and of glosser?). 
gloss 1 (glos), . [Not in ME. ; < Icel. glossi, a 
blaze (cf . glys, finery, = ODan. glis, glimmer), = 
Sw. dial, gl&sa, a glowing, dawning, becoming 
light, = MHG. glose, a glow, gleam ; with the 
verb Sw. dial, glossa, glow, shine, = MLG. 
gtosen = MHG. glosen, also glosteti, G. dial. 
glosten, glow, shine; an extension, with verb- 
formative -, of Icel. gloa = Sw. Dan. glo = E. 
glow : see glow. In the fig. sense (def. 2) the 
word blends with gloss?, 3.] 1. A superficial 
lustrous smoothness, with soft changing re- 
flections, due to the nature of the material, as 
distinguished from polish, which is artificially 
produced; in general, any glistening smooth- 
ness, natural or artificial: as, the gloss of satin, 
of hair, of paint, etc. 
Our garments, being, as they were, drenched in the sea, 
hold notwithstanding their freshness and t/losses. 
Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. 
Her hair 
In t/loss and hue the chestnut, when the shell 
Divides threefold to show the fruit within. 
Tennyson, The Brook. 
The glazing operation is performed entirely by the fric- 
tion of any smooth substance upon the cloth ; and to ren- 
der the gloss brighter, a small quantity of bleached wax is 
previously rubbed over the surface. L're, Diet,, I. 576. 
Hence 2. External show; a specious appear- 
ance or representation. 
The over-daring Talbot 
Hath sullied all his gloss of former honour. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 4. 
There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that 
dazzles the Imagination. 
Burke, Vind. of Nat. Society, Pref. 
All that gives gloss to sin, all gay 
Light folly, past with youth away. 
Scott, Rokeby, i. 9. 
Goat's-hair gloss. See goal i. 
gloss 1 (glos), v. t. [< gloss*, .] 1. To give a 
superficial luster to ; make smooth and shining : 
as, to gloss cloth ; to gloss a horse's coat. Hence 
2. To impart a specious appearance to ; hide 
under a smooth false show. 
Christians have handsomely glossed the deformity of 
death. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, ill. 
Gloss o'er my failings, paint me with a grace 
That Love beholds, put meaning in my face. 
Crabbe, Works, VIII. 230. 
gloss 2 (glos), n. [In ME. glose (see gloze) ; the 
mod. E. gloss is directly from the LL. glossa 
(ML. also glosa), an obsolete or foreign difficult 
word requiring explanation, later applied to the 
explanation itself, < Gr. y'Auaaa, Attic yiorra, 
the tongue, a tongue or language, an obsolete 
or foreign word requiring explanation.] 1. A 
word in the text of an author, especially a for- 
eign author, requiring explanation. [Rare.] 
2. The explanation, translation, or definition of 
such a word ; an explanatory note or remark 
upon some word or passage in a text, espe- 
cially one written in the margin, or, as was the 
practice with the earliest glosses, between the 
lilies. Such glosses, usually as explanations of Latin, 
Greek, or Hebrew words in the vernacular Teutonic, Cel- 
tic, or Romanic tongues, or as Latin equivalents of words 
In these tongues, abound in medieval literature, and are 
philologically among its most important remains. 
The works touching books are two ; first, libraries ; . . . 
secondly, new editions of authors, with more correct im- 
pressions, more faithful translations, more profitable 
glosses. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 108. 
There's something in thy looks I cannot read ; 
[Prithee be] thy own glo*s, and make me know 
That doubtful text. Shirley, Grateful Servant, i. 2. 
The Parlament, he sal th, made thir Covnant like Manna, 
agreeable to every mans Palat. This is another of his 
glasses upon the Covnant. Hilton, Eikonoklastes, xiiii. 
We can only conceive that the line must have been 
added as a glosi in some copy, printed or manuscript, 
which was consulted by Quirini. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 347. 
Hence 3. An artfully misleading or false ex- 
planation. 
They could wrest, 
Pervert, and poison all they hear, or see, 
With senseless glosnes. B. Jonson, Poetaster, Int. 
These with false Glosses feed their own Ill-nature, 
And turn to Libel what was meant a Satire. 
Congreve, Way of the World, Epil. 
Sacred glosses, notes appended to words or phrases oc- 
curring In the Scriptures. Glots is sometimes used to 
designate a glossary or collection of such notes. There 
are two famous collections of ancient glosses on the Vul- 
gate, the Glossa Ordinaria and the Glossa Interlinearis. 
=Syn. 2. Comment, etc. See remark, n. 
gloss 2 (glos),t>. [In.ME.glosen(seegloze,v.);<WL. 
glossare (also glosare), gloss, explain, < LL. glos- 
sa, & gloss: aee gloss 2 , n. In the fig. use (def . 2), 
