Glossa
(||Glos"sa) n.; pl. Glossæ [NL., fr. Gr. the tongue.] (Zoöl.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect.
See Hymenoptera.
Glossal
(Glos"sal) a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Glossanthrax
(Glos*san"thrax) n. [Gr. tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.] A disease of horses
and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
Glossarial
(Glos*sa"ri*al) a. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.
Glossarially
(Glos*sa"ri*al*ly), adv. In the manner of a glossary.
Glossarist
(Glos"sa*rist) n. A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.
Glossary
(Glos"sa*ry) n.; pl. Gossaries [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.]
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.
Glossata
(||Glos*sa"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Glossa.] (Zoöl.) The Lepidoptera.
Glossator
(Glos*sa"tor) n. [LL. See 3d Gloss.] A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.]
"The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.
Glosser
(Gloss"er) n. [See lst Gloss.] A polisher; one who gives a luster.
Glosser
(Gloss"er), n. [See 3d Gloss.] A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. L. Addison.
Glossic
(Glos"sic) n. [L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3d Gloss.] A system of phonetic spelling
based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound
only.
Ingglish Glosik konvai·z hwotev·er proanusiai·shon iz inten·ded bei dhi reiter.
A. J. Ellis. Glossily
(Gloss"i*ly) adv. In a glossy manner.
Glossiness
(Gloss"i*ness), n. [From Glossy.] The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or
brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.
Glossist
(Gloss"ist), n. A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.
Glossitis
(||Glos*si"tis) n. [NL., from Gr. tongue + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Glossly
(Gloss"ly) adv. Like gloss; specious. Cowley.
Glossocomon
(||Glos*soc"o*mon) n.[NL., fr. Gr. a kind of case.] A kind of hoisting winch.
Glossoepiglottic
(Glos`so*ep`i*glot"tic) a. [Gr. tongue + E. epiglottic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to both tongue
and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.
Glossographer
(Glos"sog"ra*pher) n. [Gr. tongue + to write. See 3d Gloss.] A writer of a glossary; a
commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.
Glossographical
(Glos`so*graph"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to glossography.
Glossography
(Glos"sog"ra*phy) n. [See Glossographer.] The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments
for illustrating an author.
