‖n. [ Turk. beglerbeg, fr. beg, pl. begler. See Beg, n. ] The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as to give a dull finish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of glory; dishonored. [ Obs. ] “With thorns degloried.” G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deglutinating. ] [ L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ungluing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deglutire to swallow down; de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. déglutition. See Glut. ] The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to deglutition. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the dœgling; as, dœglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name in Faroe Islands. ] (Zool.) The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which dœgling oil is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus. ] Destitute of glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. églantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. Aglet. ] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors. (b) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle. [ 1913 Webster ] Through the sweetbrier, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine. L'Allegro, 47. “In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.” Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Eglantine. [ Obs. or R. ] [ Written also eglantere. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zoöl.) The European perch when two years old. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + glomerate. ] To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A glance of eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a monocle. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The retina. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, used for correcting defective vision. Also called a pair of eyeglasses. See also eyeglass{ 1 }.
Syn. -- spectacles, specs, glasses. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Same as fiberglass. [ mostly British usage ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having a leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ W. meddyglyn; medd mead + llyn liquor, juice. See Mead a drink. ] A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting. ] [ L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who. ] 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope
My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, my long suffering and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectus. See Neglect, v. ] 1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Habitual carelessness; negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age breeds neglect in all. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

benign neglect A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [ e.g. by the president ] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive. [ PJC ]

n. The state of being neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who neglects. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectio. ] The state of being negligent; negligence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Neglectful. [ R. ] “Neglective of their own children.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also spelled negligé and negligée. ][ F. négligé, fr. négliger to neglect, L. negligere. See Neglect. ] 1. An easy, unceremonious attire; undress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.
Syn. -- negligee, peignoir. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ F. négligence, L. negligentia. ] The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contributory negligence. See under Contributory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight. -- Negligence, Neglect. These two words are freely interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction has gradually sprung up between them. As now generally used, negligence is the habit, and neglect the act, of leaving things undone or unattended to. We are negligent as a general trait of character; we are guilty of neglect in particular cases, or in reference to individuals who had a right to our attentions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. négligent, L. negligens, p. pr. of negligere. See Neglect. ] Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. “Be thou negligent of fame.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a negligent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. négligible, négligeable. ] That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Prior to the glacial or drift period. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Reglement. ] To rule; to govern. [ Obs. ] “To regle their lives.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare. See Regulate. ] Regulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The reformation and reglement of usury. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. réglementaire, fr. réglement. ] Regulative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule. ] 1. (Arch.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. [ 1913 Webster ]

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small glass from which to drink wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. pl. Wineglassfuls As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls. [ 1913 Webster ]