2. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.

The glaive which he did wield.

Spenser.

||Gla"ma (?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. &?;, L. gramiae, Gr. &?; blear-eyed.]

||(Med.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in

||consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.

Gla"mour (?), n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl·meggdr one who is

troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. glm-sni weakness of sight,

glamour; glmr name of the moon, also of a ghost + sni sight, akin to E.

see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]

1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what

they really are.

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