glossohyal 
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ing to the tons 
sal: 
The basihyal is rather flattened from above downwards, 
arched with the concavity behind, and sends forward a 
long, median, pointed, compressed glossohyal process. 
W. II. Flower, Osteology, p. 163. 
; to the tongue and the hyoid bone ; hyoglos- Glossophaga, or an ant-eater of the genus Myr- 
: thus, the hyoglossus is a glossohyal muscle, mecophaga or the genus Urycteropus ; specifi- 
cally, of or pertaining to the Glossophagce. 
glossopharyngeal (glos ;1 '6-fa-rin'je-al), a. and 
TO. [< Gr. y'Auaaa, the tongue, + Qapvyl;, pha- 
rynx.] I. a. In anat., of or pertaining to the 
tongue and the pharynx Glossopharyngeal gan- 
glia. See ganglion. Glossopharyngeal nerve, a large 
nerve distributed to the tongue and the pharynx ; the ninth 
II. n. In ornith., a bone or cartilage situated 
in front of the basihyal, and constituting the 
hard basis of the tongue ; a median unpaired 
element of the hyoidean arch. 
glOSSOlalia (glos-o-la'li-a), n. [< Gr. y'kaaaa, 
tongue, + /Uj/Ud, talking, speaking, < Aa/.av, 
talk, speak.] The gift of tongues; the abil- 
ity to speak foreign languages without having 
consciously learned them. This power is as- 
serted to be sometimes present in somnambu- 
listic persons. 
The Irvingitcs who have written on the subject . . . 
make a marked distinction between the Pentecostal glos- 
solatia in foreign languages, and the Corinthian glossolalia 
in devotional meetings. 
Scka/, Hist. Christ. Church, I. 24. 
glossolaly (glos'o-la-li), TO. Same as glossolalia. 
Glossolepti (glos-o-lep'ti), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
yi&aaa, tongue, + /Ujrrof, slender, delicate.] A 
group of mammals distinguished by the slen- 
derness of the tongue. Wiegmann. 
Glossoliga (glo-sol'i-gji), n. [NL., < Gr. y'Auaaa, 
tongue, + L. ligare, bind, tie.] A genus of sala- 
manders, of the family Pleurodelida, having a 
completed quadratojugal arch. G. poireti, the 
type, is an Algerian species. 
glossological (glos-o-loj'i-kal), a. Pertaining 
to glossology. 
glossologist (glo-sol'o-jist), n. [< glossology + 
-ist."] 1. One who writes glosses or compiles 
glossaries. 2. A philologist ; one versed in or 
engaged in the study of glossology. 
Also glottologist. 
glossology (glo-spl'o-ji), n. [= P. glossologie, 
< Gr. yAuo-oo, Attic yKOma, tongue, language, a 
gloss, + -Aoy/a, < Myetv, speak: see -ology.] \. 
The definition and explanation of terms, as 
of a dialect, a science, etc. 2. The science 
of language; universal grammar; comparative 
philology; glottology. 
Qlossology was mainly brought into being by inquiries 
concerning the original language spoken by man. 
Whewell. 
We hear it [the science of language] spoken of as Com- 
parative Philology, Scientific Etymology, Phonology, and 
Glossology. Max Mutter, Sci. of Lang., p. 13. 
Also glottology. 
glossonomy (glo-son'o-mi), TO. [< Gr. j/iuo-o-a, 
tongue, + v6fiof, law.] Study of the laws and 
principles of language. [Rare.] 
Glossophaga (glo-sof'a-ga), n. [NL., < Gr. 
yhaaaa, tongue, + </iayelv, eat.] A genus of 
South American phyllostomine bats. These bats 
are provided with a very long, slender, extensile tongue, 
Glossofhafa nigra. 
brushy at the end, which was formerly erroneously thought 
to be used to facilitate the flow of blood in their supposed 
blood-sucking operations. They are, however, frugivo- 
rous, the tongue being used to lick out the soft pulp of 
fruits. There are several species, one of which is O. nigra. 
Glossophagee (glo-sof'a-je), n. pi. [NL., pi. of 
Glossophaga. ] The group of bats of which G los- 
sophaga is the type, having a slender extensile 
tongue, the snout slender and attenuate, the 
tail short or wanting, and the teeth very nar- 
row and variable in number. There are several 
genera and species. 
glossophagine (glo-sof'a-jin), o. [As Glosso- 
phaga + -ine 1 .] Feeding by means of a long 
extensile tongue which gathers food and con- 
veys it into the mouth, as a bat of the genus 
cranial nerve of the new numeration; of the old, forming 
(with the pneumogastric and spinal accessory) a part of 
the eighth cranial nerve. It is a nerve of common sensa- 
tion of the fauces, pharynx, tonsil, etc., and of the special 
sense of taste of all parts of the tongue to which it is dis- 
tributed. It is the smallest one of the three which toge- 
ther formed the eighth nerve in the numeration of Willis. 
Its apparent origin is by several filaments from the upper 
part of the medulla oblongata in the groove between the 
restiform and olivary bodies. It leaves the cranial cavity 
by the jugular or posterior lacerate foramen, together 
with the pneumogastric and spinal accessory, and passes 
forward between the jugular vein and the internal carotid 
artery. It descends along the side of the neck in front of 
this artery, forming an arch upon the stylopharyngeus mus- 
cle and the middle constrictor of the pharynx, and passes 
beneath the hyoglossus to be distributed in the mucous 
membrane of the fauces, etc. In the jugular foramen it has 
two ganglia: the upper, the jugular ganglion : the lower, 
the petrous or Andersen's ganglion. It has branches of 
communication with the pneumogastric, facial, and sym- 
pathetic nerves. Its branches of distribution are called 
the tympanic ( Jacobson's nerve X carotid, pharyngeal, ton- 
Mar, lingual, and muscular nerves. See second cut under 
brain. 
H. TO. The glossopharyngeal nerve. 
Glossophora (glo-sof 'o-ra), . pi. [NL.. neut. 
pi. of glossophorus : see glossophorous."] A main 
branch of the phylum Mollusca, containing all 
true mollusks except the lamellibranchs or 
headless mollusks, which are contrasted as 
Lipocepkala. 
glossophorous (glo-sof'o-rus), a. [< NL. glos- 
sophorus, < Gr. y/jjaoa, tongue, + -^pof, < *epe<v 
= E. Sear 1 .] Having a tongue ; specifically, in 
Mollusca, of or pertaining to the Glossophora. 
The very general presence of jaws in the Gloxsophorous 
molluscs. Science, IV. 143. 
glossoplegia (glos-o-ple'ji-S), . [NL., < Gr. 
y^uaaa, the tongue, + irfafyr/, a stroke, < ir'Aqooeiv, 
strike.] Inpathol., paralysis of the tongue. 
Glossoporidae (glos-o-por'i-de), . pi. [NL., 
< Glossoporus, the typical genus (< Gr. y)jjoaa, 
tongue, + ir6pof, a passage), + -ido;.] Same as 
Clepsinidte. 
GlossopteriS (glo-sop'te-ris), . [NL., < Gr. 
yfaxtaa, tongue, + vrrepif, a fern, < irrep6v, a fea- 
ther, = E. feather.'] The name given by Bron- 
gniart (in 1828) to a genus of fossil ferns occur- 
ringin the coal-measures of Australia and India. 
The nervation is distinctly reticulate, especially in the 
vicinity of the rachis or middle nerve. The paleontologi- 
cal relations of the formation in which this fern occurs 
have been and still are a subject of doubt and difficulty. 
glossoscopy (glo-sos'ko-pi), TO. [< Gr. yl.uoaa, 
tongue, + -anoxia, < oKonelv, view.] In med., 
examination of the tongue as a means of diag- 
nosis. 
glossotheca (glos-o-the'ka), . ; pi. glossothecte 
(-se). [NL., < Gr. y/ltxro-a, tongue, + ftfo?, a 
case: see theca.~] In entom., the tongue-case, 
or that part of the integument of a pupa inclos- 
ing the haustellum, as in many Lepidoptera. 
Glossotherium (glos-6-the'ri-um), TO. [NL., < 
Gr. y>Moaa, tongue, + Or/plov, a wild beast.] A 
fossil genus of South American ant-eaters, of 
the family Myrmeeophagidce. Owen. 
glossotpmy (glo-sot'o-mi), TO. [=F.glossotomie, 
< Gr. y/Uxroa, the tongue, 4- Tofir/, a cutting. Cf. 
y^oaaoro/ieiv, cut out the tongue.] 1. In anat., 
dissection of the tongue. 2. In surg., excision 
of the tongue ; glossectomy. 
glossotype (glos'o-tlp), TO. [< Gr. y'Xuaoa., tongue, 
language, + rtn-of, impression, type. Cf. Clas- 
sic.] One of the phonetic systems invented by 
A. J. Ellis. 
Glossus (glos'us), n. [NL.,< Gr. yTJxaa, tongue : 
see gloss 2 . ] A genus of bivalves, typical of the 
family Glossidw. Also called Isoeardia. 
glossy (glos'i), a. [< gloss 1 + -yi.] 1. Possess- 
ing a gloss; smooth and shining; reflecting 
luster from a smooth or polished surface. 
A raven, while with glossy breast 
Her new-laid eggs she fondly pressed. 
Cowpcr, A Fable. 
With a riding-whip 
Leisurely tapping a glossy boot. 
Tennyson, Maud, xiii. 
2. Having a fair or specious appearance ; plaus- 
ible. 
He [Lord Chesterfield], however, with that glossy du- 
plicity which was his constant study, affected to be quite 
unconcerned. Boswell, Johnson. 
Gloster, Gloucester (glos'ter), n. [Gloster is 
a short spelling of Gloucester, < ME. Gloucestre, bear it. 
glout 
< AS. Glcdu'ceaster, Gledwanceaster. For ceas- 
ter, city, see Chester. ] A kind of cheese for 
which the county of Gloucester in England is 
famous. There are two varieties, known as single and 
double, the latter being made of the richer milk. See 
Gloucestershire cheese, under cheese*. 
gloteiOUSt, a. [ME., < glotery + -ous. Cf. glut- 
tonous.] Gluttonous. 
A mygal that is a beeste born trecherows to bigile, and 
moost (jloterous. Wyclif, Lev. xi. 30 (Oxf.). 
glotont, glotount, n. Middle English forms of 
glutton. 
glotoniet, n. A Middle English form of glut- 
tony. 
glottal (glot'al), a. [< glottis + -al.~] Of, 
pertaining to, or formed by the glottis: as, a 
glottal catch. 
Mr. Ellis . . . assigns to the "sonant h" and the sec- 
ond element of the " sonant aspirates " a sound which is 
practically that of a glottal "r. 
11. Sweet, quoted by J. A. H. Murray, 9th Ann. Add. to 
[PhlloL 8oc. 
glottet, * An obsolete variant of glut. 
glottic 1 (glot'ik), a. [< Gr. y^um/oif, of the 
tongue, < y/MTra, Attic form of yhiJaaa, tongue: 
see gloss 2 .'] 1. Pertaining to the tongue. 2. 
Of or pertaining to glottology ; glottological. 
glottic 5 * (glot'ikj, a. [< glott-is + -c.] Pertain- 
ing to the glottis. Also glottidean. 
glottid (glot'id), n. [< glottis (-id).] A glot- 
tal sound. 
A glottid is the action of the vocal chords in altering the 
form of the glottis or tongue-shaped space between them. 
Kncyc. Brit., XXII. 382. 
glottidean (glo-tid'e-an), a. [< glottis (-id-) + 
-ean.] Same as glottic 2 . 
glottides, . Plural of glottis. 
Glottidia (glo-tid'i-S), . [NL. (Ball, 1870), 
< Gr. y/.orra, tongue: see glottis, gloss 2 ."] A 
genus of brachiopods, of the family Lingulidae, 
replacing Lingula proper in American waters. 
The type is L. or O. albula of the California]! coast The 
common species of the Carolina coast and southward, 
formerly called Lingula pyrarnidata (Stimpson), is now 
known as O. audebarti. 
glottis (glot'is), n. ; pi. glottides (-i-dez). [= F. 
glotte = Sp. glotis = Pg. glpte. glotis = It. glot- 
tide, < NL. glottis, the glottis (L. glottis, a little 
bird so called), < Gr. j-Awrrif, the mouth of the 
windpipe, the glottis, < yfarrTa, Attic form of 
ytjjaoa, the tongue: see gloss 2 .} 1. In anat., 
the mouth of the windpipe; the opening at 
the top of the larynx ; the chink, cleft, or fis- 
sure between the vocal cords, it closes to a slit- 
like opening during phonatlon, through the approximation 
of the vocal cords. The term designates most strictly the 
opening itself, sometimes distinguished as rima glottidis, 
but is also applied to the opening with the contiguous 
limiting structures, as in the expression 'cedema of the 
glottis,' much as the term ' mouth ' is used so as to include 
the lips. The ventral or anterior portion of the glottis, 
called glottis vocalis, is bounded by the true vocal cords ; 
the dorsal or posterior part, glottis rettpiratoria, by the 
internal margins of the arytenoid cartilages. 
2. The reed or tongue of certain ancient musi- 
cal instruments. 3. In ornith., an old name 
of the greenshank; subsequently taken as the 
specific name of the same, Totanns glottis; made 
by Koch in 1816 the generic name of the same, 
Glottis chloropus stroke of the glottis, a sudden 
approximation of the vocal cords whereby a tone is pro- 
duced promptly and clearly, without aspiration. Also 
called shock of the glottis. 
glottitis (glo-tl'tis), TO. Same as glossitis. 
glottogonfc (glot-o-gon'ik), a. [< Gr. 
tongue, language, + yovof, generation, < \/ yev, 
produce.] Relating to the origin of language 
or of languages. 
The general Interest still clung to Bopp's old glottogonic 
problems. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 782. 
glottologic, glottological (glot-o-loj'ik, -i-kal), 
a. [< glottology + -ic-al.~\ Pertaining to glot- 
tology: as, glottologic observation and research. 
glottologist (glo-tol'o-jist), TO. [< glottology + 
-ist.'] Same as glossologist. 
glottology (glo-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. y^orra, Attic 
form of yl.uaaa, tongue, language, + -Xoyia, < 
teyetv, speak: see -ology."] Same as glossology. 
Gloucester, TO. See Gloster. 
glour, v . and TO. See glower. 
glout (glout), v. i. [Formerly also glowt; < ME. 
glowten; another form of gloat, q. v.] 1. To 
gaze attentively; stare. 
Whosoever attempteth anything for the pnblike, . . . 
the same setteth himself e upon a stage to be glouted upon 
by every evil eye. 
Translators of Bible (ed. 1611) to the Reader. 
In short, I cou'd not glout upon a Man when he comes 
into a Room, and laugh at him when he goes out. 
Wycherley, Plain Dealer, ii. 1. 
2. To pout ; look sullen. 
Jenny (turning away and glowting). I declare it, I won't 
Gibber, Provoked Husband, iv. 
