Definition of gland

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Gland (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known..

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Civet :: Civet (n.) A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume..
Prisage :: Prisage (n.) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this..
Megalosaurus :: Megalosaurus (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere..
Annunciation :: Annunciation (n.) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day..
Ranula :: Ranula (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
Meetinghouse :: Meetinghouse (n.) A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters..
Lias :: Lias (n.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.
Precrural :: Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse..
Hylaeosaurus :: Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines..
Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..
Jutes :: "Jutes (n. pl.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century..
Cheddar :: Cheddar (a.) Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese..
Nidamental :: Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America..
Glandage :: Glandage (n.) A feeding on nuts or mast.
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse..
Flat-cap :: Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London..
Glandule :: Glandule (n.) A small gland or secreting vessel.
Pan-anglican :: Pan-Anglican (a.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888..
Una Boat :: Una boat () The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
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