glossecollite

[Gr. glō a = the tongue; kolla =glue; suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: A variety of Halloysite. It is milk-white in color, and earthy. On the edges it is translucent. It is found in a siliceous Silurian rock in Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia. ( Dana .) sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0538.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0539.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0540.png:[blocks in formation] glos-so-log-ic-al, a . [ Eng.glo olog ( y ); -ical .] Of or pertaining to glo ology. glos-sol-o-gist, s. [Eng. glo olog ( y ); -ist .] 1. A glo ographer; an explainer of terms. 2. One versed in glo ology. glos-sol-ô-gř, s. [Gr. glō a =a tongue, and logos a discourse.] 1. Technology : The definition and explanation of terms, as of a science. Thus in Lindley's Introduc tion to Botany , bk. iii., defining the terms used in Botany, is headed Glo ology. 2. Comp. Philol .: The science of language. [PHI- Palæobot .: A genus of fo il ferns. Glo opter is brown i an a is found in India, in Australia, and in Southern Africa, in beds, the exact age of which has not been finally settled. glos-so-thër-I-ŭm, s . [Pref. glo o- (q. v.), and Gr. therion =a wild animal.] Palæont .: A genus of Myrmecophagide, found in Brazilian cave deposits. glos-sot-o-mỹ, s. [Gr. glō a =the tongue, and tome a cutting, temno to cut.] Surg.: Exsection of the tongue. Scott: Lord of the Isles, v. 19. *2. Fig .: Having a fair or specious appearance; IMG:content-0541.png:[blocks in formation] Min .: A variety of Arialcime ( Brit . Mus . Catal .), or of Edingtonite ( Dana ). Thomson described it as occurring in white crystals, regular octahedrons, or four-sided pyramids or cubes. Found near Port Glasgow, on the Clyde. glot-tis, s. [Gr. glottis (see the def.), from glotta , the Attic form of glo a =the tongue.] Anat .: The mouth of the wind-pipe. It const i- tutes a narrow aperture covered by the epiglottis when one holds his breath or swallows. It con- tributes by dilatation and contraction to the modu. lati on of the voice. It is sometimes called the rima glottis , that is, the fi ure or chink of the glottis. glot-to-log-Ic, glot-to-log-Ic-al, adj . [Eng. glottolog (y); -ic; -ical.] Pertaining or relating to glottology. "This very teaching wide scope for glottologic observation and research."- Prof. Rajna , in Eighth Annual Addre to Philol. Society, 1879, p. 28. glot-tol-o-gist, s . [English glottolog (y); -ist.] One who is devoted to the study of the science of language. "Glottology will be the science of language, by which we are enabled to trace the gradual growth of the mind of man, whether displayed in the creation of language generally as an instrument of intercommunication, and the embodiment of the conceptions of the relations be- tween thought and the world, or in the triumph of the will over the mechanism of the bodily organs, and the limitations imposed in turn by them upon it, or lastly in the evolution of the religious idea-in other words, in Comparative Mythology and the Science of Religions."- A. In trans.: To look sullen or gloomy; to pout. "Glouting with sullen spite, the fury shook IMG:content-0542.png:[blocks in formation] With radiant light, as glowing iron with fire." Milton: P. L. , iii. 594. "The circles of his eyen in his hed They gloweden betwixen yelwe and red." Chaucer: C. Т. , 2,134. IMG:content-0543.png:[blocks in formation] glow 4. To feel heat of body; to be heated or hot; to burn. "[I] felt my blood Glow with the glow that slowly crimsoned all Thy presence.' Tennyson: Tithonus , 56. 5. To a ume or exhibit a strong, bright color; to be red, brilliant, or flushed, as with animation, life, blushes, . "Each pleasing Blount shall endle smiles bestow, And fair Be linda's blush for ever glow ." Pope : Epistle iii. 61. 6. To feel the heat of pa ion; to be ardent or eager in any pa ion of the mind. "I feel my bosom glow with wontle fires." Drummond: Hymn on the Fairest Fair 7. To rage or burn as a pa ion; to be vehement or hot. "Love slowly burns and long remains; It glows." Shad well . IMG:content-0544.png:[blocks in formation] "If you will see a pageant truly played Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain, Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you." Shakesp.: As You Like It , iii. 4. 3. Vehemence of pa ion; heat of mind; excitement, earnestne , ardor. was all in a glow after the walk. Electric glow : Elect.: A pale blue luminosity appearing at the parts of an electric conductor from which electricity of high tension is noisele ly i uing, even though no other conductor is near. For the difference between glow and fire , see FIRE. glow-worm, s. Entomology: 1. Lampyris noctiluca. A beetle of which the male flies and does not shine, while the female shines and does not fly. It is from the latter sex, therefore, that the name glow-worm has been derived. Probably the phosphoric light, which is intermittent, and can be displayed or withheld at the will of the insect, is used by the female to attract the male. It is displayed at the tail of the insect. 2. The genus Lampyris (q. v.). *glow-bard, s. [GLOBARD.]