GLAZED POWDER. Gunpowder of which the grains, by friction against one
another in a barrel worked for the purpose, have acquired a fine polish,
sometimes promoted by a minute application of black-lead; reputed to be
very slightly weaker than the original, and somewhat less liable to
deterioration.
GLEN. An Anglo-Saxon term denoting a dale or deep valley; still in use
for a ravine.
GLENT, TO. To turn aside or quit the original direction, as a shot does
from accidentally impinging on a hard substance.
GLIB-GABBET. Smooth and ready speech.
GLIM. A light; familiarly used for the eyes.--_Dowse the glim_, put out
the light.
GLOAMING. The twilight. Also, a gloomy dull state of sky.
GLOBE RANGERS. A soubriquet for the royal marines.
GLOBULAR SAILING. A general designation for all the methods on which the
rules of computation are founded, on the hypothesis that the earth is a
sphere; including great circle sailing.
GLOG. The Manx or Erse term which denotes the swell or rolling of the
sea after a storm.
GLOOM-STOVE. Formerly for drying powder, at a temperature of about
140 deg.; being an iron vessel in a room heated from outside, but
steam-pipes are now substituted.
GLOOT. _See_ GALOOT.
GLOWER, TO. To stare or look intently.
GLUE. _See_ MARINE GLUE.
GLUM. As applied to the weather, overcast and gloomy. Socially, it is a
grievous look.
GLUT. A piece of wood applied as a fulcrum to a lever power. Also, a bit
of canvas sewed into the centre of a sail near the head, with an
eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.
Glut used to prevent slipping, as sand and nippers glut the messenger;
the fall of a tackle drawn across the sheaves, by which it is choked or
glutted; junks of rope interposed between the messenger and the whelps
of the capstan.