Glau"ber*ite (?), n. [From Glauber, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F.
glaubÈrite, G. glauberit.] (Min.) A mineral, consisting of the
sulphates of soda and lime.
Glau"ber's salt` (?) or Glau"ber's salts` (&?;). [G. glaubersalz, from
Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite.] Sulphate
of soda, a well- known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts."
It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many
salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large
quantities as an intermediate step in the "soda process," and also for
use in glass making.
Glau*ces"cent (?), a. [See Glaucous.] Having a somewhat glaucous
appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.
Glau"cic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned
poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be
fumaric acid.
Glau"cine (?), a. Glaucous or glaucescent.
Glau"cine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium,
as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.
Glau"co*dot (?), n. [Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + dido`nai to give.]
(Min.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and
containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.
||Glau*co"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. glay`kwma, fr. glayko`s light gray,
||blue gray.] (Med.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution
||of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media
||of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with
||marked increase of tension within the eyeball.
Glau*co"ma*tous (?), a. Having the nature of glaucoma.
Glau*com"e*ter (?), n. See Gleucometer.
Glau"co*nite (?), n. [Cf. F. glauconite, glauconie, fr. L. glaucus. See
Glaucous.] (Min.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of
the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and
potash. See Greensand.
Glau"co*phane (?), n. [Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + fai`nesqai to
appear.] (Min.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole.
It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.
||Glau*co"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. glay`kwsis.] (Med.) Same as
||Glaucoma.
Glau"cous (gl"ks), a. [L. glaucus, Gr. glayko`s.] 1. Of a sea-green
color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. Lindley.
2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed
off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. Gray.
||Glau"cus (?), n. [L., sea green.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of nudibranchiate
||mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea.
||These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.
Glaum (?), v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To grope with the hands, as in
the dark. [Scot.]
To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.
Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three.
Burns.
Glave (?), n. See Glaive.
Glav"er (?), v. i. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr flattery.] 1. To
prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.]
Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely.
Wyclif.