gloss2 (glos)

[In ME. glose (see gloze ); the mod. E. glo is directly from the LL. glo a (ML. also glosa ), an obsolete or foreign difficult word requiring explanation, later applied to the explanation itself, The works touching books are two; first, libraries;... secondly, new editions of authors, with more correct impre ions, more faithful translations, more profitable glo es . Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 108. There's something in thy looks I cannot read; [Prithee be] thy own glo , and make me know That doubtful text. Shirley, Grateful Servant, i. 2 The Par lament, he saith, made thir Covnant like Manna, agreeable to every mans Palat. This is another of his glo es upon the Covnant. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xiiii. We can only conceive that the line must have been added as a glo in some copy, printed or manuscript, which was consulted by Quirini. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 347. Hence-3. An artfully misleading or false explanation. They could wrest, Pervert, and poison all they hear, or see, With sensele glo es . B. Jonson , Poetaster, Int. These with false Glo es feed their own Ill-nature, And turn to Libel what was meant a Satire. Congreve, Way of the World, Epil. Sacred glo es, notes appended to words or phrases oc curring in the Scriptures. Glo is sometimes used to designate a glo ary or collection of such notes. There are two famous collections of ancient glo es on the Vulgate, the Glo a Ordinar i a and the Glo a Interlinear is. =Syn. 2. Comment , etc. See remark , n. glo 2 (glos), v . [In ME.glosen (see gloze , r .); glo are (also glosare ), glo , explain, glos sa , a glo : see glo 2 , n. In the fig. use (def. 2), IMG:content-2418.png:[blocks in formation] Hence-2. To give a specious appearance to; render specious and plausible; palliate by fabricated representation. You have the art to glo the foulest cause. Philips . II. in trans. To comment; write or make explanatory remarks. But no man can glo e upon this text after that manner; for the prophet says, No shepherd shall pitch his fold there, nor shall any man pa through it for ever. Dr. H. More, Def. of Philos. Cabbala, iii. glo a (glos'), n.; pl. glo a (-ē). [NL., γλώττα , the tongue: see glo 2 , n .] 1. In an at ., the tongue.-2. In entom ., an appendage of the ligula, situated at its tip, which may be median and single or paired with a fellow, and may be placed between lateral para glo æ. See cut under mouth - part .