gloze
gloze is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is gloze.
- What is to give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak called?
- What is to smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor called?
- What is flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak called?
- What is specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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