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glutted adj. 1. overfull; filled to excess. a glutted market
Syn. -- overfull.
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Glumpy (glŭmp�), a. Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] “He was glumpy enough.” T. Hook.
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Glunch (glŭnch), a. [Cf. .] Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott. -- n. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Glut (glŭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. � to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. , .] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
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Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.
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2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
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His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden.
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The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley.
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Coloq. To glut the market , to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
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Glut, v. i. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
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Like three horses that have broken fence,
And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.
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Glut, n. 1. That which is swallowed. Milton
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2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.
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A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.
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3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
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4. (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.] (b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. Raymond. (c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. Knight. (d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln. (e) A block used for a fulcrum.
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5. (Zoöl.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
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Glutaconic (?), a. [Glutaric + aconitic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.
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Glutæus (?), n. [NL. See .] (Anat.) The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
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☞ In man, the glutæus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.
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Glutamic (?), a. [Gluten + -amic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to gluten.
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Coloq. Glutamic acid , a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid.
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Glutaric (?), a. [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers.
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Coloq. Glutaric acid , an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid.
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Glutazine (?), n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.
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Gluteal (?), a. [G. � rump, pl., the buttocks.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.
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Gluten (?), n. [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See .] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.
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☞ Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and is a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out.
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Coloq. Gluten bread , bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes. -- Coloq. Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. -- Coloq. Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.
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Gluteus (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as .
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Glutin (?), n. [See .] (Chem.)
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1. Same as .
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2. Sometimes synonymous with . [R.]
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Glutinate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating.] [L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue.] To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey.
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Glutination (?), n. [L. glutinatio: cf. F. glutination.] The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.
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Glutinative (?), a. [L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif.] Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
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Glutinosity (?), n. [Cf. F. glutinosité .] The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]
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Glutinous (?), a. [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See .]
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1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
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2. (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
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Glutinousness (?), n. The quality of being glutinous.
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glutted adj. overfull; filled to excess; as, a glutted market.
Syn. -- overfull.
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Glutton (?), n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See .]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.
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3. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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Coloq. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
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Glutton (?), a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. “Glutton souls.” Dryden.
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A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
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Glutton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace.
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Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.
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Gluttonish, a. Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.
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Gluttonize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gluttonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing (?).] To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.
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Gluttonous (?), a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Gluttonously, adv. -- Gluttonousness, n.
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Gluttony (?), n.; pl. Gluttonies (#). [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
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Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.
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Glycerate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid.
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Glyceric (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.
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Coloq. Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.
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Glyceride (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Glycerin, Glycerine (�), n. [F. glycérine, fr. Gr. glykeros, glykys, sweet. Cf. , .] (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under .
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☞ It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.
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Glycerite (?), n. (Med.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.
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Glycerol (?), n. (Chem.) Same as .
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Clycerole (?), n. [F. glycérolé.] (Med.) Same as .
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Glyceryl (?), n. [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.
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Glycide (?), n. [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.
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Glycidic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.
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Glycin (?), n. [Gr. glykys sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as .
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Glycocholate (?), n. [Glycocoll + cholic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
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Glycocholic (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.
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Coloq. Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.
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Glycocin (?), n. [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as .
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Glycocoll (?), n. [Gr. glykys sweet + kolla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.
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Glycogen (?), n. [Gr. � sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogène.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
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Glycogenic (?), a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

{ Glycogeny (?), Glycogenesis (?), } n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
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Glycol (?), n. [Glycerin + -ol. See .] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
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Glycolic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
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Coloq. Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.
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Glycolide (?), n. [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also glycollide.]
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Glycoluric (?), a. [Glycol + uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
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Glycoluril (?), n. [Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn.
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Glycolyl (?), n. [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
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Glyconian (?), a. & n. Glyconic.
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Glyconic (?), a. [Gr. � a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon.] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse.
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Glyconin (?), n. An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.
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Glycose (?), n. [Gr. � sweet + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.
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Glycosine (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
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Glycosometer (?), n. [Gr. � sweet + -meter.] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.
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Glycosuria (?), n. (Med.) Same as .
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Glycyrrhiza (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; � sweet + � root. Cf. .]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
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2. (Med.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
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Glycyrrhizimic (?), a. (Chem.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.
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Glycyrrhizin (?), n. [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See .] (Chem.) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.

{ Glyn, Glynne } (?), n. A glen. See . [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]
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He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot. Spenser.
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Glyoxal (?), n. [Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
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Glyoxalic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also glyoxylic.]
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Glyoxaline (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.
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Glyoxime (?), n. [Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See .
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Glyph (glĭf), n. [Gr. glyfh carving, fr. glyfein to carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. to split.] 1. (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See .
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2. (Archæol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.
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Glyphic (?), a. [Gr. � of or for carving.] (Fine Arts) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
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Glyphograph (?), n. A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.
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Glyphographic (?), a. Of or pertaining to glyphography.
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Glyphography (?), n. [Gr. � to engrave + -graphy.] A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
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Glyptic (?), a. [See .]
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1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
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2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.
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Glyptics (?), n. [Cf. F. glyptique. See .] The art of engraving on precious stones.
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Glyptodon (?), n. [Gr. � carved, engraved + �, �, tooth. See .] (Paleon.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.
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