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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gloss \Gloss\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glossing}.] To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
The glossed and gleamy wave. --J. R. Drake.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gloss \Gloss\, noun [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. ? tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. {Gloze}, {Glossary}, {Glottis}.]
1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]
2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. --Hudibras.
Explaining the text in short glosses. --T. Baker.
3. A false or specious explanation. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), noun [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]
1. 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.
It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. --Hooker.
2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. --Goldsmith.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), verb (used with an object)
1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. --Philips.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gloss \Gloss\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. --Dryden.
2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gloss
noun
1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: {rubric}]
2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: {glossary}]
3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: {polish}, {glossiness}, {burnish}]
4: 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" [syn: {semblance}, {color}, {colour}]
verb
1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: {comment}, {annotate}]
3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
4: gloss or excuse; "color a lie" [syn: {color}, {colour}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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