gladdont (glad on)

gladel (glad), n. [Not found in ME. or AS., but were lightly armed; Thraces were those armed with the round shield or buckler of the Thracians and a short sword or dagger; the mir mill ones had an oblong shield curved to suit the shape of the body, and fought with either the Thraces or the retiarii. There were also those who fought blindfolded, their helmets being without eye-holes ( and a batæ ), in troops ( cater varia ), in chariots ( e edarii ), on horseback ( equites ), etc. In case the vanquished was not killed in the combat, the people were usually allowed to decide his fate. If they decreed his death, they extended their hands with the thumb bent and concealed ( premo ) by the clenched fingers; if they voted to spare him, they held out their hands with the thumb extended outward ( ver to ). These precise gestures are still a subject of controversy, but the texts appear to support the version here given. Accord The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-2344.png:[blocks in formation] bright), glæd , glad: see glad .] 1. With glad- ne or pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully. Thei drynken gladly est mannes Blood, the whiche the i clepen Dieu. Mandeville , Travels, p. 195. For I haue seyn hym in sylke and som me tyme in ru et, Bothe in grey and in grys and in gulte herneys, And as gladlich he it gaf to gomes that it neded. Piers Plowman (B), xv. 216. The common people heard him gladly . The combatants were either profe ional gladiators , 2t. By preference; by choice. slaves, criminals, or military captives. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 301. 2. A combatant in general; a boxer or prizefighter; a wrestler; also, a disputant. Plays, masks, jesters, gladiators , tumblers, and jugglers are to be winked at, lest the people should do worse than attend them. IMG:content-2345.png:[blocks in formation] gladiatorial (glad i-a-to'ri-al), a . [ gladiatory +-al.] 1. Of or pertaining to gladiators or to their combats for the entertainment of the Roman people; performed by gladiators. It is uncertain whether gladiatorial fights or combats of wild beasts formed any part of the amusements of the arena in those days [of the ancient Etruscans), though boxing, wrestling, and contests of that description certainly did. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 326. Hence-2. Pertaining to combatants in general, as prize-fighters, disputants, etc. gladiatorian (glad i-a-to'ri-an), a . [ gladia tory+ -an .] Same as gladiatorial . [Rare.] The gladiatorian and other sanguinary sports which we allow our people discover sufficiently our national taste. Shaftesbury , Advice to an Author, ii. § 3. gladiator ism (glad'i-ā-tor-izm), n . [ gladia tor + -ism .] The act or practice of gladiators; specifically, prize-fighting. Imp. Dict. gladiatorship (glad'i-a-tor-ship), n. [ gladia tor + -ship .] The conduct, state, or occupation of a gladiator. Imp . Dict. glair Gladstone (glad's ton), n. 1. A roomy four wheeled pleasure-carriage with two inside seats, calash-top, and seats for driver and footman.-2. Same as Gladstone bag. - Gladstone bag, an English traveling-bag or portmanteau of leather stretched on a light iron frame. It is from 22 to 24 inches long, in two or more compartments, so as to contain a dre -suit without crushing or creasing the garments: so named in compliment to William E. Gladstone. Mark xii. 87. Glads ton i an (glad-stō'ni-an), a . and n. Al this was gladly in the evetyde. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 770. gladne (glad'nes), n. [ gladne e , gled- ne e , glædnes , gladne , glæd , glad: see glad .] The state of being glad; a pleased or joyful condition of mind; cheerfulne ; a feel- ing of joy and exhilaration, usually of a strong yet quiet and temperate character. And he ghaf reynes fro heuene and tymes berynge fruyt, and ful fullide ghoure hertis with mete and gladne e . Wyclif , Acts xiv. 17 (Oxf.). and gladne e that ther myght be seyn noon gretter. Whan the lorde herde this he began to make soc he ioye IMG:content-2346.png:[blocks in formation] Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 545. did eat their meat with gladne and single I grew in gladne till I found My spirits in the golden age. Acts ii. 46. Tennyson, To E. L., on his Travels in Greece. =Syn. Gladne , Joy, Pleasure, Delight , Triumph . Glad ne is le often used of a weak feeling than glad ; it gen- erally stands for a feeling that is strong but tranquil, and showing itself chiefly in the face. Hence it is often used poetically of certain aspects of nature. Joy is more vivid and demonstrative. This distinction between gladne and joy is abundantly illustrated in the Bible. Pleasure is the most general of these words, representing all degrees of feeling, and vicious or harmful indulgence as well as harmle enjoyment. In its primary sense it indicates a feeling le distinctively cheerful than gladne and le profound or demonstrative than joy , but with much of glow. Delight is a high degree of pleasure ; formerly the word was much used for low pleasure (see quotation from Milton under delight ), but it has been redeemed so that it is now rarely used for anything but an ecstatic pleasure 01 joy in victory. All these words may expre malign feel. joy . Triumph is often used for joy over succe , especially which generally expre es a pure and worthy feeling. See animation , mirth , hilarity, happine . gladiatory (glad'i-a-tō-ri), a . [= F. glad i a to ire = Sp. Pg. It. glad i a to rio , gladiator i us , joy in the adversities of a rival, except gladne , gladiator , a gladiator: see gladiator .] Of or re- lating to gladiators. [Rare.] Their [the Romans'] gladiatory fights and bloody spectacles. Bp. Reynolds, The Pa ions, xxvii. At Rome there were usually those gladiatory sports, bloody, sword-killing sports: they killed men in sport. West field, Sermons (1646), p. 77. gladiaturet (glad'i-a-tur), n. [=It. gladiatura , gladiatura , gladius , a sword: see gladia tor .] Sword-play; fencing. In their amphitheatrical glad i at ures the lives of captives lay at the mercy of the vulgar. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote, p. 271. gladify (glad'i-fi), v. i.; pret. and pp. gladified , ppr. gladifying . [Irreg. - fy .] To be glad; rejoice. [Rare.] Have you Mr. Twining still? oh that he would come and mortify upon our bread and cheese, while he would glad ify upon our pleasure in his sight. Mme. D'Arblay , Diary, VI. 193. gladii, n. Plural of gladius . gladiole (glad'i-ōl), n. [L. gladiolus , sword lily: see gladiolus .] A gladiolus. Water-glad i ole, the flowering rush, Butomus umbel lat us . gladiolus (glā-dī'ō-lus), n . [L., a small sword, a sword-lily (so called from the shape of the leaves), dim. of gladius , a sword: see glave . Cf. gladden3.] 1. Pl. gladioli (-li). A plant of the With A sober gladne the old year takes up His bright inheritance of golden fruits. Long fellow , Autumn. Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth. Luke xv. 7. Love not Pleasure ; love God. Carlyle , Sartor Resartus, ii. 9. There is a pleasure sure In being mad, which none but madmen know. IMG:content-2347.png:[blocks in formation] Glagol (glag'ol), n. [OBulg. Ru . glagolů , a word, = Bohem. hlahol , a sound, speech; cf. OBulg. glagolati , speak; regarded as ult. a redupl. of the root seen in Skt. V gar , swallow.] An ancient Slavic alphabet, principally used in several Roman Catholic dioceses of Istria and Dalmatia in the psalms, liturgies, and offices of the church. The alphabet bears traces of having existed prior to the introduction of Christianity, and seems to have been originally cut on sticks in the runic fashion. The earliest Slavic manuscripts are written in Glagol. Glagolitic (glag-o-lit'ik), a. [ Glagol + -itic .] Of or pertaining to Glagol: as, the Glagolitic alphabet. The Glagolitic was the liturgical alphabet of the Sloven i ans, Illyrians, Croatians, and the other western Slaves who acknowledged the Roman obedience, just as the Cyrillic became the script of the northern races adhered to the Orthodox communion. who Isaac Taylor , The Alphabet, II. 199. glaik (glāk), n. [Sc., = gleek , q. v.] 1. A deception; a delusion; a trick.-2. A transient gleam or glance. I could see by a glaik of light from a neighbour's window, that there was a man with a cocked hat at the door. Galt , The Provost, p. 157. To fling the glaiks in folk's een, to throw dust in people's eyes. It is indeed but a fashion of integrity that ye will find amang them, a fashion of wisdom and fashion of carnal learning - gazing glancing-gla es they are, fit only to fling the glaiks in folk's een , wi' their pawky policy and earthly ingine. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, xii. To give the glaiks, to befool and then leave in the lurch; jilt. Dryden, Spanish Friar, ii. 1. glaikit, glaiket (glā'kit, -ket), a . [Sc., glaik + -it , -et , = =E.- ed2 .] E. Unsteady; light; giddy; frolicsome; foolish; silly. To lyven in delite was al his wone, For he was Epicurus owne sone. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 335. The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not, indeed, For that which is most worthy to be blest- Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood. Words worth, Immortality, ix. Hail to the chief who in triumph advances. Scott , L. of the L., ii. 19. gladshipt(glad ship), n. [ ME.gladshipe , -schipe , -scipe , glædscipe , gledscipe , ONorth. glæd scip , joy, glæd , glad, + -scipe, -ship.] Gladne ; joy. Suche is the gladshippe of enuie In worldes thing. Gower , Conf. Amant., ii. IMG:content-2348.png:[blocks in formation] The la ie is glaikit wi' pride. glaikitne (glā'kit-nes), n. The state of being glaikit; vain or silly folly; levity. [Scotch.] Bid her have done wi' her glaikitne for a wee, and let's hear plain sense for ance. J. G. Lockhart, Reginald Dalton, III. 171. glaim (glām), n. [ME. gleym, glayme , lime, slime. Cf. englaim .] A viscous substance, as gladsome (glad's um), a . [ gladsum , glad- glue, birdlime, etc. [Obsolete or Scotch.] genus Gladiolus ; a sword-lily.-2. [ cap .] А genus of very beautiful iridaceous plants, with corms or bulb-like rhizomes, and erect leafy stems bearing a spike of large and very various- ly colored flowers. There are about 90 species, a few of which are natives of the Mediterranean region, but 2. Glad; joyful; cheerful. som (= ODan. gladsom ); most are found in South Africa. Of the European species, G. communis and G. Byzant in us are occasionally seen in gardens, but the African species are far more handsome and more generally cultivated. The many favorite garden varieties and hybrids have originated mainly from the Cape species, G. flor i bundus, G. cardinal is , G. psittacinus, and G. bland us . 3. In an at ., the intermediate segments of the sternum, between the manubrium and the xiphoid or ensiform appendage. In the human subject there are four such segments or sternebers, commonly fused in the adult in one piece, the gladiolus. The second piece of the sternum, or gladiolus . IMG:content-2349.png:[blocks in formation] ten. Gleyme of knyttynge or byndunge togedyr, limus, glu Prompt . Part . , p. 198. glaim (glām), v. t. [ME. gleymen , smear with birdlime, cloy; from the noun: see glaim , n.] To smear with glaim. [Obsolete or Scotch.] glaimous (glā'mus), a. [Formerly also glay mous ; gleymous , viscous; glaim +-ous.] Viscous; clammy. It woll aryse in the heed, and make the heed to swell, and the eyen all glaymous and derk. Jul . Berners, On Hawking. glain-neidr, n. [W., glain , bead, gem, + neidr , snake.] An oval gla bead, such as are found in Wales and the west of England, and are supposed to have been of some sacred significance to the druids. See adder - stone . an egg ( glair (glar), n. [Also glare ; early mod. E. also glere , ME. glayre , gleire , gleyre , the white of an egg, glaire , F. glaire , the white of an egg (= Pr. clara , glara , f., clar , m., = It. Sp. Pg. clara , the white of an egg), prop. claire , fem. of clair , clara , fem. of clarus , clear: see clear , clarity .] 1. The white of an egg, used as varnish to preserve painting, and as a size to retain gold in bookbinding and in gilding. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary glair Unslekked lym, chalk and gleyre of an ey. Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 253. Take the glaire of eggs, and strain it as short as water. Peacham , Drawing. The edges [of a book] are next coloured, the gold size, consisting of white of egg mixed with water, called glaire , is laid on with a camel's-hair brush, and immediately covered with gold leaf. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 43. 2. Any viscous transparent substance resembling the white of an egg; hence, any viscous substance. Let me likewise declare my facts and fall, And eke recite what means this slimy glere . Mir. for Mags., p. 106. I found the tongue black and dry, with a black glare on the teeth. Sir W. Fordyce, Muriatic Acid, p. 11. glair (glar), v . t. [ The edge [of the book] is now glaired evenly, and the gold is then gently laid on the edge which has been glaired . Workshop Receipts , 4th ser., p. 245. glaireous (glar'ē-us), a . [ glair + -e-ous. Cf. glairous.] Resembling glair or the white of an egg; viscous; glairy. Also glairous , glareous . glairin (glar'in), n. [ in2 .] A glairy substance which forms on the surface of some thermal waters.