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Colossi Colossus Co*los"sus, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses.
[L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied
to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of
Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus.
--Shak.
Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs
of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of
the harbor. --Dr. Wm. Smith.
2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
Flossification Flossification Flos`si*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. Florification.]
A flowering; florification. [R.] --Craig.
Glossic Glossic Glos"sic (gl[o^]s"s[i^]k), n. [L. glossa a word
requiring a gloss. See 3d Gloss.]
A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values
of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to
represent one sound only.
Ingglish Glosik konvai*z hwotev*er proanusiai*shon iz
inten*ded bei dhi reiter. --A. J. Ellis.
Glossier Glossy Gloss"y, a. [Compar. Glossier; superl. Glossiest.]
[See Gloss luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
glossy surface.
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
Glossiest Glossy Gloss"y, a. [Compar. Glossier; superl. Glossiest.]
[See Gloss luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
glossy surface.
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
Glossily Glossily Gloss"i*ly, adv.
In a glossy manner.
Glossina morsitans Tsetse Tset"se, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans)
whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and
cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts
in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of
the year. [Written also tzetze, and tsetze.]
Glossiness Glossiness Gloss"i*ness, n. [From Glossy.]
The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or
brightness of a smooth surface. --Boyle.
Glossing Gloss Gloss, 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.
The glossed and gleamy wave. --J. R. Drake.
Glossist Glossist Gloss"ist, n.
A writer of comments. [Obs.] --Milton.
Glossitis Glossitis Glos*si"tis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? tongue + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the tongue.
Macroglossia Macroglossia Mac`ro*glos"si*a, n. [NL. See Macro-, and
Glossa.] (Med.)
Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
Molossine Molossine Mo*los"sine, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.
