Definition of gloss

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Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

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Saccoglossa :: Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.
Polished :: Polished (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse..
Sleeky :: Sleeky (a.) Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance..
Lustring :: Lustring (n.) A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.
Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue..
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..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation..
Hyoglossus :: Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone..
Sandnecker :: Sandnecker (n.) A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker..
Postil :: Postil (v. t.) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.
Entoglossal :: Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
Ebony :: Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green..
Japan :: "Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes..
Glosser :: Glosser (n.) A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
Glossology :: Glossology (n.) The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
Glossology :: Glossology (n.) The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
Sleekness :: Sleekness (n.) The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.
Taenioglossa :: Taenioglossa (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water..
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