v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. [ 1913 Webster ]

To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. &unr_; tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

All this, without a gloss or comment,
He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A false or specious explanation. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glossæ [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the tongue. ] (Zool.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax. ] A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]