Gleet"y (?), a. Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.
Gleg (?), a. [Icel. glˆggr.] Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Gleire (?), Gleyre, n. See Glair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Glen (?), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael.
gleann valley, glen.] A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a
depression between hills.
And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen.
Spenser.
{ Glen*liv"at (?), Glen*liv"et (?), } n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named
from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun.
Gle"noid (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; socket of a joint + &?; form; cf. F.
glÈnoÔde.] (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression;
socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the
glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the
humerus articulates.
Gle*noid"al (?), a. (Anat.) Glenoid.
Glent (?), n. & v. See Glint.
Gleu*com"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; must + -meter: cf. F. gleucomËtre.] An
instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the
quantity of sugar contained in must.