What does "gloze" mean?
Gloze: To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.
- 3.Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.
- 4.Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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