Definition of gloss

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Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.

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Lingual :: Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter..
Glossy :: Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit..
Polished :: Polished (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse..
Saccoglossa :: Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.
Glossolaly :: Glossolaly (n.) The gift of tongues. Farrar.
Polish :: Polish (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster..
Shine :: Shine (n.) The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen..
Nomenclature :: Nomenclature (n.) A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary..
Politure :: Politure (v.) Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne.
Glossary :: Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words..
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..
Glossarist :: Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
Sleeky :: Sleeky (a.) Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance..
Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss..
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..
Tornaria :: Tornaria (n.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.
Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..
Glosser :: Glosser (n.) A polisher; one who gives a luster.
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..
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