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pots filled with light earth, and plunged into a hot-hed, 
during any of the fummer montlis. 
To GLOZE, v.n. [glepan, Sax.] To flatter; to 
wheedle ; to infinuate ; to fawn : 
glaz’d the tempter, and lits proem tun’d : 
Into the heart ot Eve his words made way. Milton. 
Now for a glazing fpeech, 
Fair proteftations, fpecious marks of friendfliip. Fliilips. 
To comment. This fltould be ^fo/5; 
Which Salique latid the French unjuftly^/oze 
T. o be the realm of France. Shakefpeare. 
GLOZE, f. F'lattery ; infintiation.—Now to plain 
dealing; lay tliefeby. Shakefpeare. —Specious (how.; 
glofs. Not njed. 
Precious couches full oft are (baked with a fever; 
It then a bodily evil in a bodily be not hidden. 
Shall (uch morning dews be an eafe to the heat of a 
lover’s fire ? Sidney. 
GLO'ZER,y! A flatterer. 
GLUBOKAI'A, a town of Ruflia, in the government 
of Kolivan feventy-two miles eafl: of Semipolatnoi. 
GLUCHOV', a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Novgorod Sieverfkoi; forty miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Nov¬ 
gorod Sievcr(koi. 
GLU'CINE, f. in mineralogy, a new fpecies of earth 
lately difeovered by profeflbr Vauquelin, for which fee 
MI N E R A L o G Y . 
GLUCK. (Chriflopher), a very eminent mufical com- 
potei', born in 1714., in the Upper Palatinate, on the 
borders of Bohemia. At an early age he learned the 
rudiments of n ufic at Prague, and acquired a facility in 
playing upon various inllruments. He tht'O made a tour 
to Italy, and brought out liis firfl opera at Milan. In 
1745 he paid a viflt to England, where the opera-hcafe, 
which had be.en (hut on account of the rebellion, was 
re-opened at the beginning of 17.^6, with his Caduta dt’ 
Giganti. He produced feveral other pieces in this coun¬ 
try, which he at length quitted for Germany, and fi.xed 
his principal relldence at Vienna. He there attained a 
reputation which placed him nearly at the head of his 
proteflion, though his flyle was peculiar, and did not 
luit all taftes. Gluck aimed at (implifying mude ; and 
(iays Dr. Burney) with unbounded invention and pow¬ 
ers tor creating capricious difficulties, ;tnd decking his 
melodies with meretricious ornaments, he tries all he 
can to keep his iuufe chafle and fober; his three operas 
ot Orfeo, Alcejle, and Paridc, are proofs of th.is. An ac¬ 
quaintance w hich he formed at Vienna with the French 
poet Bailli de Roulet, for whom he fet to imiiic his 
opera ct Iphigenie en Aulide, drew him to Paris in 1774, 
wdiere his arrival proved a remarkable era in the miilical 
annals of that capital. After furnilbing the French 
opera with a number of compofitions, his infirmities 
warned him to retire, and lie ended his days at Vienna, 
being carried oft by irfit of apople.xy in November 17S7. 
Fie was a writer as well as a compofer. His Letters 
■on Mufic were publirtied in the Mercure de France and 
th.e Gazette de Literature; and, together with the De¬ 
dications and Prefaces to his works, were publiflied 
•Golleitivcly at Paris in 1781. 
CLuCK'SBURG, a town of Denmark, with a for- 
trels, in the duchy of Slefwic ; three leagues eali; of 
Flenfburg. 
GLUCK'STADT, a fea-port town of Germany, in 
the circle of Lower Saxony, and duchy of Holflein, be¬ 
longing to Denmark, (ituated on the Filbe, which at this 
place receives a (mall river, called the Rhine. Gluck- 
iladt is regular and well built. 1 he market-place looks 
into the main (Ireets. Tlte adjacent country being hol¬ 
low and mar(hy, a (lone caulew ay of near tluee quarters 
of a mile in length has been carried along it from Krempe. 
On the land (ide the town may be laid under water. There 
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being no fprings here, the greateft part of tlie hoiifes 
have cifterns for the receiving of rain, and thofe which 
are without fuch conveniences are obliged to ufe the 
harbour water, or that of the new moat. Storms ami 
inundations being frequent in iheCe parts, the inhabitants 
have not been negligent in making proper fences. Thi^ 
town is the feat of the king’s regency, and the offices and 
courts connedled with it. Both the garrifon and palace 
congregation frequent the town church. Here is alfo a 
free grainmar-fchool. The Calvinifts are permitted a 
church, the Roman-catholics a chapel, and the Jews a 
fynagogtie. In 1738, a commercial college was inftituted 
here by Chriflian VI. it being a place of fome trade; and 
in 1750, Frederic V. eftabliflied an office for keeping the 
harbour in good condition. Adjoining to tliis harbour 
is a bafon for the reception of vefTels. Gluckftadt w.ts 
built in 1620, by permifiion of Chriflian IV. in a wafle 
called the Wildernefs, who, in the patent granted to it, 
gave orders that it fliould be named Gluchfadt, or the 
Fortunate Town, conferring on it at the lame time many 
cufloms, rights, and privileges, as enjoyed by the town 
ot Wilder, and foon after'it was invCfled with the I.u- 
bec and Hamburgh rights. The palace of Gluckfburg 
here, w hiclt was erected by th.e fame king, has been long 
(ince pulled down. The town has been feveral times 
befieged, particularly in 1628, by the imperialifls, but 
has never been taken. The king of Denmark attempted 
to oblige (hips palfing up the Elbe to pay toil here, but 
the flrong refiftance which was made to it by all the 
powers of Europe occafioned it to be given up : twenty- 
eight miles north-weft of Hamburgh. Lat.53. 54. N. Ion. 
26. 39. E. Ferro. 
GLUE,^. \_glu,¥r. gluten., Lat. Welfli.] An 
infpilTated jelly made from the parings of hides and 
other oft'als, by boiling them in water, ftraining through 
a wicker bafket, fuffering the impurities to fubfide, and 
then boiling it a fecond time. In this date it is poured 
into flat frames or moulds; then cut into fquare pieces 
when congealed, and afterwards dried in a coarfe net. 
It is (aid to improve by age ; and that glue is reckoned 
the befl which fwells coniiderably vvithout melting by 
three or four days infufion in cold water, and recovers 
its former dimenfions by drying. A very hard and per¬ 
manent glue is alio to be obtained by boiling down ani¬ 
mal bones, of which feveral interefling experiments have 
been made by M. Pelletier. Sec the article Chemistry, 
vol. iv. p. 370. 
A curious Glue for donefic ufes .—Take an ounce of ifin- 
glafs, beat it to Ihreds, and put it into a pint of brand}'; 
when gradually diflblved, (train the folution through a 
piece of fine muflin, and the glue will be obtained, which 
is to be kept in a bottle clofely flopped. When tiled in 
tlx manner of common glue, it joins togethe.r the parts 
of wood as flrong or flronger than the wood itfelf. It is 
alfo remarkable that, if faw-dufl, or powdered wood, 
be made into a ball with this glue, the ball will prove 
(olid and elaflic, (b that it may be turned, and tiled as 
a bowl, with.out breaking. Another ufe of this glue is, 
that of its ferving admirably well for taking oft' im- 
prefliotis of medals or coins: thus, if a little of it, when 
melted, be poured thinly on a new guinea, fo as to cover 
the whole furface of the piece, and fuft'ered fo to remain 
a day or two, till it become thoroughly dry, it will ap¬ 
pear liard and tranfparent like a piece of Mufeovy glafs, 
w ith the iinprelfion of the guinea in intaglio on one (ide, 
and in relievo on the other. This glue dries into a very 
flrong, tough, and tranfparent, fubftance ; not eafily 
damaged by any thing but aqueous moiflure, which 
would dill'olve it. This lafl reafon renders it unfit for 
any ufe where it would be much expofed to wet or damp 
air. Common glue, dilTolved with linfeed oil, is of all 
others the befl calculated to (land the weather; a fecret 
perhaps little known by thofe who would be moft bene¬ 
fited by its adoption. 
I’ll GLUE, v.a. To join with a vifeous cement.— 
2 W holo 
