Glanduliferous
(Glan`du*lif"er*ous) a. [L. glandula gland + -ferous; cf. F. glandulifère.] Bearing glandules.

Glandulose
(Glan"du*lose`) a. Same as Glandulous.

Glandulosity
(Glan`du*los"i*ty) n. Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Glandulous
(Glan"du*lous) a. [L. glandulosus: cf. F. glanduleux.] Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

Glans
(||Glans) n.; pl. Glandes [L. See Gland.]

1. (Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. Gray.

3. (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A pessary. [Obs.]

Glare
(Glare) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]

1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Dryden.

2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
Byron.

3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Pope.

Glare
(Glare), v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Milton.

Glare
(Glare), n.

1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
Dryden.

2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.

About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
Milton.

3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]

Glare
(Glare), a. [See Glary, and Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; — used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]


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