G L A 
tcinp;Mag?s, theology, mathematics, mufic, See. are 
taught by lao preceptors. It is foiiietimes confidercd a 
fatir.bourg of Halle. 
GLAU'ClU.M,/. in botany. See Chelidonium. 
GLAUCOI'DES, /i in botany. SeePEPi.is. 
GLAU.CO'MA, yi [Gr. glaucome, Fr. blue-grey.] 
A fault in the eye, whicli changes tlie cryllalline liu- 
niour into a greyilli or fea-green colour, without detii- 
ment of fight, and therein differs from what is com¬ 
monly underfiood by fuffufion. Ouificy. —The glaucoma 
is no other difeafe than the cataract. Sharp. 
GLAUCO'PIS, yi [Latin; fo named becaufe tlie 
bill is fcymetar-fliaped ; and it is called wattle-bird, bc- 
caufe it has wattles or gills like a cock.] In ornitho¬ 
logy, a genus of birds belonging to the order of picte ; 
t)ie charatlers of which are as follow : bill incurvate, 
Vaulted; tlie under mandible fhorteft, and carunculated 
at the bafe ; nofirils depreffed, half covered with a fe- 
mi“Carti!aginous membrane ; tongue ftib-cartilaginous, 
notched and ciliated at the tip ; feet ambulatory. 
There is only o.ne fpecies of this genus as yet known, 
wh.ich is theGlaucopis cinerea, or cinereous wattle-bird 
of New Zealand. It chiefly delights on the ground, and 
pierches but feldom. The body, bill, and legs, are bltiilh- 
black, velvety on the neck and fiioulders; like the tur¬ 
key-cock, the wattles or gills have the faculty of chang¬ 
ing from fulvous to red, or blue : iridcs blue, and very 
large ; tail long, and wedge-fliaped, confifling of twelve 
featlters. It feeds on berries, infeC'ts, and fmall birds ; 
and rarely perches but in quell of berries or infe6ts. 
It has a piping or murmuring voice; and its flefli is 
nutritive and well-tafied. It is in length fifteen inches, 
Very Ihy, and rarely found. 
GLAU'COSIS, f. With phyficians ; the glaticoma, 
a difeafe of the eyes. 
GLAU'COUS, adj. Havnng a whitifli green colour. 
GLAU'CUS, fon of Hijipolochus, the fon of Belle, 
rophon. He allilled Priam in the Trojan war, and had 
the limplicity to excltange his golden fuit of armour 
with Diomedes for an iron one, whence came the pro¬ 
verb of Glauci et Diomedis pcrviutatio, to exprefs a foolilh 
purchafe. He behaved with much courage, and was 
killed by Ajax. Homer. 
GLAU'CUS, in mytliology, afiflierman of Anthedon 
in Boeotia, fon of Neptune and Nais, or according to 
otheis of Polybius the fon of Mercury. As lie was 
iifliing, he obferved that all the fillies which he laid on 
the grafs received frefh vigour as they touched the 
ground, and immediately elcapcd from him by leaping 
into the fea. He attributed the caul'e of it to the grafs, 
and by tailing it, he found himfelf fuddenly moved 
with a delire of living in the fea. Upon this he leaped 
into the w ater, and was made a fea deity by Oceanus 
and Tethys, at the requell of the gods. After tliis 
transformation, he became enamoured of the nereid 
Scylla, whofe ingratitude was fevercly punillied by 
Circe. He is reprefented, like the otlier fea deities, 
with a long beard, diflievelled hair, and fluiggy eye¬ 
brows, and with the tail of a filli. He received the gift 
of prophecy from Apollo, and according to fome ac¬ 
counts he was the interpreter of Nereus. He aflilled 
the Argonauts in their expedition, and foretold them 
shat Hercules,. and tlie two fons of Leda, would one 
day receive immortal honours. The fable of his me- 
taniorphofis has been explained by fome authors, wlio 
obferve that he was an excellent diver, who was de¬ 
voured by filhes as he was'fwimming in the fea. Ovid. 
GLAVE, yi \_gldive, Fr. glaif, a hook, Wellli.] A 
broad fword ; a falchion : 
Two hundred Greeks came next in fight well try’d, 
Not furely arm’d in fteel or iron ftrong, 
But each a glave hath pendant by his fide. Fairfax. 
GLAVE'A,/. [Old Latin.] A javelin or hand-dart. 
Vox.. VIII. No. 525. 
G L A (jo;.) 
TbGLAT’ER, v.v. [.y<zt'f. Wellli, flattery; p^hipan, 
Sax. to flatter. It is ([ill retained in Scoiland.] I'o 
flatter ; to wheedle.—Kingdoms liave their difiempers, 
iiiterniifljons, and paroxyfuis, as well as natural bodies ; 
and a glavering council is as dangerous as a wheedling 
prieil, or a flattering phvlician. L'Ffrange. 
GLAV'ER] NG, f. Mattering words. 
GLAUXf f [of Pliny and Diofeorides. Derivation 
uncertain: fome deduce it from ya-Xa., milk.] In bota¬ 
ny, a genus of tlie dais pentar.d: ia, order inonogyni.a, 
natural order calycandiem.'c, (lalicarirc, Jiif.j The 
generic charadlers are—Calyx : none, uniefstiie corolla 
be called fo. Corolla: petal one, five-parted, bell- 
fiiaped, upright, permanent ; fegments ohtufe, rolled 
back. Stamina: filaments five, fubulate, upright, the 
length of the corolla ; antherax, rouiidifii. Piftilluin : 
germ ovate ; flyle filiform, the length of tlic franiens ; 
lligma Capitate. Pericaipium : capfule globular, acu¬ 
minate, one-celled, five-valved. Seeds : five, roundilh ; 
receptacle very large, globular, hollowed for the recep¬ 
tion of th.e Iceds.— F.Jfcntial Charailer. Cr.lyx, onc- 
leated, bcll-lhaped; capfule, one-celled, five-valved, 
five-lccded. 
Glaux ir.aritiina, fea milkwort, or black faltwort, a 
fingle fpecies. Root perennial, creeping ; Hems trail¬ 
ing, jointed, branched a little ; leaves fefiile, oval-ob¬ 
long, or oval-lanceoiate, fucculent ; oppoiite at the bot¬ 
tom, but among the flowers alternate ; flowers almoll 
feliile, axillary, folitary, from about tlie middle of the 
Ilern purple, greenilh-wliite, white or ftriped. Found 
on the fea-coall, and on fait marlhes at a dilLince from 
the fea ; even about Upfal, which is very far from 
the fea. It is a pretty little plant, enlivening large 
trafts of the dreary lituations wliere it is found, 'i'he 
w'liolc plant is lucculent, and fait to the take ; cows 
cat it. It flowers in June, and continues the reft of the 
lummer. It is feldom cultivated in gardens. See An. 
DRACHNE, Astragalus, Isnardia, and Peplis. 
GLAY'MOUS, Muddy; clammy. Scott. Not 
much vfed. 
GLAY'MOUSNESS, y. Muddinefs; clair.minefs. Sc. 
To GLAZE, V. a. .[To glafs, only accidentally varied. ] 
To furnilh with winciows of glals.—Let there be tv\ o 
delicate cabinets daintily paved, richly Jianged, and 
glazed with cryllalline glals. Bacon. —To cover with 
glafs, as pottei s do their earthen ware ; [from the French 
glaife, clay.] To overlay with fomething fliining and 
pellucid.— i he reafon of one man operates on tiiat of 
another in all true oratory ; wherein though witii other 
ornaments he may glaze'dmi brandilh the weapons, yet 
is it found realbn tiiat carries the llroke home. Grew. 
Sorrow’s eye, glazed with brining tears. 
Divides one thing entire to many objects. Shakefpeare. 
GLA'ZIER, f. [corrupted Uorci glnficr, or glajfirr, 
of glafs.'^ One whole trade is to make glals windows.— 
Into rabbets the feveral panes of glafs-work are fet, 
and fallened by the glazier. Moxon. . 
The dext’rous glazier ftrong returns the bound, 
And jingling falhes on the penthoule Ibund. Gay. 
And then, v/itliout the aid of neighbour’s art. 
Perform’d the carpenter’s and glazier'b part. llarie. 
Glaziers, before their knowledge of the diamond to cu 
glafs, uled for that purpofe emery, lliarp-pointed inftru- 
ments of the hardeft fteel, and a red-hot iron, by which 
they directed the line of feparatiwn, which required ex¬ 
traordinary care, and employed a great deal of time. 
Beckmann. 
GLA'ZING,y'. The abl or art of putting glafs intp 
windows or other frames. The art of crulting over 
earthen ware by a vitreous fubftance, the bafts ol which 
is generally lead. The ufual compofition for glazing 
earthen ware, is formed of white fund forty pounds, of 
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