Glob"u*let (?), n. A little globule. Crabb.
Glob`u*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Globule + -ferous.] Bearing globules; in
geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary
structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly
distributed through the texture of the rock.
Glob`u*lim"e*ter (?), n. [Globule + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument
for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.
The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a
sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.
Glob"u*lin (?), n. [From Globule: cf. F. globuline.] (Phisiol. Chem.)
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions
of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with hÊmatin
to form hÊmoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the
eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the
plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as
vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble
in dilute salt solutions.
Glob"u*lite (?), n. [See Globule.] (Min.) A rudimentary form of
crystallite, spherical in shape.
Glob"u*lous (?), a. [Cf. F. globuleux.] Globular; spherical; orbicular.
-- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.
Glob"y (?), a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular.
"The globy sea." Milton.
Glo*chid"i*ate (?), a. [Gr. &?; point of an arrow.] (Bot.) Having
barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray.
||Glo*chid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Glochidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the point
||of an arrow.] (Zoˆl.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly
||thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
Glode (?), obs. imp. of Glide. Chaucer.
{ Glombe (?), Glome (?), } v. i. To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or
sullen. [Obs.] Surrey.