1. Shooting, as light.
When through the gancing lightnings fly.
Rowe. 2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.
Glancingly
(Glan"cing*ly), adv. In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly. Hakewill.
Gland
(Gland) n. [F. glande, L. glans, glandis, acorn; akin to Gr. for and to cast, throw, the acorn being
the dropped fruit. Cf. Parable, n.]
1. (Anat.) (a) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the
sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth. (b) 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.
The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument,
lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion
from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the
sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas.
2. (Bot.) (a) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of
resinous, gummy, or aromatic product. (b) Any very small prominence.
3. (Steam Mach.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; — sometimes
called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
Glandage
(Glan"dage) n. [Cf. OF. glandage. See Gland.] A feeding on nuts or mast. [Obs.] Crabb.
Glandered
(Glan"dered) a. Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yuatt.
Glanderous
(Glan"der*ous) a. Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. Youatt.
Glanders
(Glan"ders) n. [From Gland.] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of
horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an
enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs,
goats, sheep, and to human beings.
Glandiferous
(Glan*dif"er*ous) a. [L. glandifer; glans, glandis, acorn + ferre to bear; cf. F. glandifère.]
Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.
Glandiform
(Gland"i*form) a. [L. glans, glandis, acorn + -form: cf. F. glandiforme .] Having the form
of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
Glandular
(Glan"du*lar) a. [Cf. F. glandulaire. See Glandule.] Containing or supporting glands; consisting
of glands; pertaining to glands.
Glandulation
(Glan`du*la"tion) n. [Cf. F. glandulation.] (Bot.) The situation and structure of the secretory
vessels in plants. Martyn.
Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
J. Lee. Glandule
(Glan"dule) n. [L. glandula, dim. of glans, glandis, acorn: cf. F. glandule. See Gland.] A
small gland or secreting vessel.
