GLOSS
\ɡlˈɒs], \ɡlˈɒs], \ɡ_l_ˈɒ_s]\
Definitions of GLOSS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the property of being smooth and shiny
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give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
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an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
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provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
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an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
By Princeton University
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the property of being smooth and shiny
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give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
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an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
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provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
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To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
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A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
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A false or specious explanation.
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To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
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To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
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To make comments; to comment; to explain.
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To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
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To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
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A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
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A false or specious explanation.
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To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
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To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
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To make comments; to comment; to explain.
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To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
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of Glossa
By Noah Webster.
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Luster from a polished surface; insincere show; an explanation or comment on some difficulty or obscurity in the te t of a book; a plausible, insincere representation.
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To explain by notes or comments; cover up or hide by plausible insincere representation; varnish; make smooth and lustrous.
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To make comments on a text; to explain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Brightness or lustre, as from a polished surface: external show.
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To give a superficial lustre to: to render plausible: to palliate.
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A remark to explain a subject: a comment.
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To comment or make explanatory remarks.
By Daniel Lyons
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A comment.
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Lustre; polish; external show.
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To give a lustre to; render plausible.
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An explanatory note.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An explanatory note.
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To excuse; usually with over.
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Polish; deceptive show.
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To annotate; write marginal explanations.
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A plausible excuse.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Brightness or lustre, as from a smooth surface; external show that might mislead.
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Comment; explanation.
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To give a superficial lustre to; to make glossy; to give a specious appearance to.
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To explain; to render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate.
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To make explanatory remarks.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The lustre of a body proceeding from a smooth pressed surface; specious appearance; external show.
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To give a superficial lustre to.
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A comment; a remark intended to illustrate; interpretation artfully specious.
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To explain by comment.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [German, Greek] Brightness or lustre from a smooth surface; polish;—a specious appearance or representation;—interpretation; comment; explanation.
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A scholium, a comment; an interpretation artfully specious, a specious representation; superficial lustre.
By Thomas Sheridan
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