GLANS

(Lat.), n. f. Gla2nzigla3ns). Gen., gland'is. Gr., /SoAovos (Doric, ya\avos). Fr., gland. Ger., Eichel. 1. An acorn or any similar fruit, also any fruit having a kernel; in botany, a dry, indehiscent fruit with a hardened pericarp containing only one seed. [B, 1, 77, 123 (a, 24).] 2. Any object bearing a fancied resemblance to a nut, such as the head of the penis or of the clitoris, a suppository, a globular pe ary, or a goitre. [A, 322.] Earth g. Fr., gland de terre. The Bunium bulbocastanum, Lathyrus tuberofium, and many species of the genus Geoglo um. [B, 19, 121, 173 (a, 35).] Egyptian g. Fr., gland d'Egypte. The Moringa apter a. \B, 121 (a. 35).] Fructus grand is dulcis. The Quercus ballot a. [B, 95.] G. clitoridis. Fr., gland du clitoris. Ger., Eichel des Kitzlers. The head of the clitoris; its free rounded extremity. G. iberica. The acorn. |B, 310 (a, a1)).] G. nuci pineee simi'lis. See HYPOPHYSIS cerebri. G. penis, G. phalli. Fr., gland de la verge. Ger., Eichel der Ruthe. The bulbous end of the 'penis. It is slightly compre ed above and below, and has a vertical fi ure at its extremity for the external orifice of the urethra. It is hollowed on its attached surface for the reception of the corpora cavernosa. It is truncated from above downward and forward, and its free border, the corona gland is, overhangs the body of the penis. Beneath the meatus urinarius, the prepuce is attached to it by the frenum praeputii. fC; L, 115.] G. pituitam excipiens, G. subinfundibnlo. See HYPOPHYSIS cerebri. Glandes tostne. Roasted acorns. G. ulnae. See OLECRANON. G. ungueiitaria. Arabian ben; the behen-nut. [L, 84.] Sweet g. Probably the fruit of the Castanea vesca. the sweet chestnut; according to some, an edible variety of acorn. [B, 115 (a, 35).] O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; 219 [s. 195]