Glock"en*spiel` (?), n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music) An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
Glost (?), n. [See 1st Gloss.] (Ceramics) The lead glaze used for pottery.
Gly"cose (?), n. [Gr. &?; sweet + - ose.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.
Gly`co*som"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; sweet + -meter.] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.
Glyph (?), n. (Archæol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.
Go (?), n. Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.
"Well," said Fleming, "is it a go?"
Bret Harte.
Go*bang" (?), n. [Written also goban.] [Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.] A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.
Gob"stick` (?), n. [Gob mouth + stick.] 1. (Angling) A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
He . . . wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a "gobstick."
Kipling.