glossograph (glosograf)

[ Glo ograph.- An instrument consisting of an ingenious combination of delicate levers and blades, which, placed upon the tongue and lips, and under the nostrils of the speaker, are vibrated by the movements of the former, and the breath flowing from the latter. Greer, Dict. of Elect., p. 69. 2. Same as glo ographer , 1. A glance at this scholium is enough to show that its author, like so many other editors and glo ographs ,... made up a good part of his note directly from his text. Amer. Jour. Philol ., VI. 158. glo ographer (glo-sog'ra-fèr), n. [= F. glos sographe = It. glo ografo, Some words I believe may pose the ablest glo ographer now living. Blount, Ancient Tenures, Pref. Speght was the first editor who gave a more complete edition of Chaucer, with the useful appendage of a glo ary, the first of its kind, and which has been a fortunate acquisition for later glo ographers . 1. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., I. 202. 2. A writer on the tongue and its diseases. glo ographical (glos-o-graf'i-kal), a. [ = It. glo ografia , if *γλωσσογραφία, glo ohyal (glos-o-hi'al), a. andn. [ glo olaly (glos'ō-lā-li), n. Same as glo olalia . Glo olepti (glos-o-lep'ti), n. pl. [NL., λεπτός , slender, delicate.] A group of mammals distinguished by the slen- derne of the tongue. Wiegmann. Glo oliga (glo-sol'i-ga), n. [NL., ligare , bind, tie.] A genus of sal a- manders, of the family Pleurodelidæ , having a completed quad rato jugal arch. G. poireti , the type, is an Algerian species. glo ological (glos-o-loj'i-kal), a. Pertaining to glo ology. glo ologist (glo-sol'ō-jist), n. [ glo ology + -ist.] 1. One who writes glo es or compiles glo aries.-2. A philologist; one versed in or engaged in the study of glo ology. IMG:content-2421.png:[blocks in formation] nerve distributed to the tongue and the pharynx; the ninth cranial nerve of the new numeration; of the old, forming Gleawceaster , Gleáwanceaster. For ceas- ter , city, see chester .] A kind of cheese for which the county of Gloucester in England is famous. There are two varieties, known as single and double , the latter being made of the richer milk. See Gloucestershire cheese , under cheesel , gloteroust, a . [ME., glotery +-ous. Cf. glut- tonous .] Gluttonous. A mygal that is a beeste born trecherows to bigile, and moost gloterous . Wyclif , Lev. xi. 30 (Oxf.). Middle English forms of (with the pneumogastric and spinal acce ory) a part of tion of the fauces, pharynx, tonsil, etc., and of the special glutton . sense of taste of all parts of the tongue to which it is disglotoniet, n. A Middle English form of glut- part of the medulla oblong at a in the groove between the restiform and olivary bodies. It leaves the cranial cavity by the jugular or posterior lacerate foramen, together forward between the jugular vein and the internal carotid with the pneumogastric and spinal acce ory, and pa es artery. It descends along the side of the neck in front of this artery, forming an arch upon the stylopharyngeus mus- cle and the middle constrictor of the pharynx, and pa es beneath the hyoglo us to be distributed in the mucous membrane of the fauces, etc. In the jugular foramen it has glottic (glot'ik), a . [ the petrous or Andersch's ganglion. It has branches of two ganglia: the upper, the jugular ganglion; the lower, communication with the pneumogastric, facial, and sym- pathetic nerves. Its branches of distribution are called silar , lingual , and muscular nerves . See second cut under the tympanic (Jacob son's nerve), carotid , pharyngeal, ton- brain . II. n. The glo opharyngeal nerve. Glo ophora (glo-sof'ō-rä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl . of glo ophorus : see glo ophorous .] A main branch of the phylum Mollusca , containing all true mollusks except the lamellibranchs or headle mollusks, which are contrasted as Lipocephala . glo ophorous (glo-sof'ō-rus), a . [ glos- sophorus , bear1 .] Having a tongue; specifically, in Mollusca , of or pertaining to the Glo ophora . The very general presence of jaws in the Glo ophorous mollusca. glo oplegia (glos-o-plē'ji-ä), n. [NL., Gr. γλῶσσα , the tongue, + πληγή, α e, + πληγή , a stroke, pl . [NL., Glo oporus , the typical genus ( , a pa age), + -idæ . ] Same as Clepsinida. IMG:content-2422.jpg:[blocks in formation] γλῶσσα, tongue, + πτερίς , & fern, πτερόν , a fea- ther, E. feather .] The name given by Bron- gniart (in 1828) to a genus of fo il ferns occur- ring in the coal-measures of Australia and India. vicinity of the rachis or middle nerve. The pale on to log i- cal relations of the formation in which this fern occurs have been and still are a subject of doubt and difficulty. glo oscopy (glo-sos'kō-pi), n. [ σκοπεῖν , view.] In med., examination of the tongue as a means of diag- nos is. glo otheca (glos-ō-theʻkä), n.; pl. glo othecæ (-sē). [NL., Gr. γλώσσα, tongue, + θήκη , a case: see theca .] In entom., the tongue-case, or that part of the integument of a pupa inclos- ing the haustellum, as in many Lepidoptera . Glo otherium (glos-o-the'ri-um), n. [NL., θηρίον , a wild beast.] A fo il genus of South American ant-eaters, of the family Myrmecophagida . Owen. glo otomy (glo-sot'ō-mi), n . [ F.glo otomie , τομή , a cutting. Cf. γλοσσοτομεῖν, cut out the tongue.] 1. In an at ., di ection of the tongue.-2. In surg . , excision of the tongue; glo ectomy. glo otype (glos'ō-tip), n. [ γλῶσσα , tongue, language, + τύπος , impre ion, type. Cf. Glos- sic.] One of the phonetic systems invented by A. J. Ellis. Glo us (glos'us), n. [NL., glo 2 .] A genus of bivalves, typical of the family Glo ida . Also called I so cardia . brushy at the end, which was formerly erroneously thought to be used to facilitate the flow of blood in their supposed ing a glo ; smooth and shining; reflecting glottidean (glo-tid'e-an), a . [ glottis ( -id- ) + -ean.] Same as glottic2 . glottides, n. Plural of glottis . Glottidia (glo-tid'i-ä), n. [NL. (Dall, 1870), glottis , glo 2 .] A genus of brachiopods, of the family Lingulida , replacing Lingula proper in American waters. The type is L. or G. albida of the Californian coast. The common species of the Carolina coast and southward, IMG:content-2423.jpg:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small] glottologic, glottological (glot-o-loj'ik, -i-kal), [ glottology + -ic-al.] Pertaining to glot- tology: as, glottologic observation and research. glottologist (glo-tol'ō-jist), n. [ glottology + -ist .] Same as glo ologist . glottology (glo-tol'ō-ji), n. [ Attic A raven, while with glo y breast Her new-laid eggs she fondly pre ed. With a riding-whip Leisurely tapping a glo y boot. Tennyson, Maud, xiii. 2. Having a fair or specious appearance; plaus- ible. He [Lord Chesterfield], however, with that glo y du- plicity which was his constant study, affected to be quite unconcerned. Boswell , Johnson. Gloster, Gloucester (glos'ter), n. [ Gloster is a short spelling of Gloucester , Gloucestre , IMG:content-2424.png:[blocks in formation] = 2547