GLOSS

(from Gk. glo a, language’). _ —The word ‘glo ’ means a, comment or explanation of a word or pa age, the writer of which is called a ‘glo ator; ‘glo ary’ is a tabulated list of words requiring special explanation, and the maker is known as a ‘glo arist.’ During the Alexandrian period the glo ing of the early Gk. poets became common, and amongst the notable writers engaged in the work were Philetus of Cos, ArisTwo famous glo es on the Lat. Vulgate are Walafrid Strabo’s Glo a Ordinar i a (IX. cent.) and the Glo a Interlinear is of Anselm of Laon (c. 1100). Ata later period the glo ing of works on civil and canon law was eagerly taken up by a notable example of the kind: scholars, XIII.-cent. writer, Accursius. Subsequently the making of glo es upon a great variety of works became widespread amongst all cultured peoples. Tyrwhitt’s Glo ary to Chaucer, 1775, may be referred to as an example of many modern works of the kind. market town’) Derby shire, England; cote ton manufactures. Pop. 1921, 20,528.