Definition of gloss

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Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.

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Glosser :: Glosser (n.) A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
Glazer :: Glazer (n.) One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like..
Warrin :: Warrin (n.) An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot..
Faille :: Faille (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy..
Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (n.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Varnish :: Varnish (n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture..
Tidytips :: Tidytips (n.) A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white..
Polish :: Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc..
Salve :: Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over..
Glossoepiglottic :: Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds..
Entoglossal :: Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..
Toxoglossa :: Toxoglossa (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss..
Paraglossae :: Paraglossae (pl. ) of Paragloss.
Glossology :: Glossology (n.) The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
Glossing :: Glossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glos.
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