Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
Lovelace.
Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
Drayton.
Glut"ton*ish, a. Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.
Glut"ton*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gluttonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Gluttonizing (?).] To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
Hallywell.
Glut"ton*ous (?), a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the
appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. --
Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.
Glut"ton*y (?), n.; pl. Gluttonies (#). [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie,
gloutonnie.] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite
for food; voracity.
Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts.
Milton.
Glyc"er*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid.
Gly*cer"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.
Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial
oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative
of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.
Glyc"er*ide (?), n. [See Glycerin.] (Chem.) A compound ether (formed
from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats,
others are produced artificially.
Glyc"er*in, Glyc"er*ine (&?;), n. [F. glycÈrine, fr. Gr. glykero`s,
glyky`s, sweet. Cf. Glucose, Licorice.] (Chem.) An oily, viscous
liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish
taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with
various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a
triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under
Gelatin.
It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by
the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a
solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer,
etc.
Glyc"er*ite (?), n. (Med.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or
dissolving a substance in glycerin.
Glyc"er*ol (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin.
Glyc"er*ole (?), n. [F. glycÈrolÈ.] (Med.) Same as Glycerite.
Glyc"er*yl (?), n. [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C3H5,
regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with
allyl. Called also propenyl.
Glyc"ide (?), n. [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid,
obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a
partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.
Gly*cid"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as,
glycidic acid.
Gly"cin (?), n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as
Glycocoll.
Gly`co*cho"late (?), n. [Glycocoll + cholic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt
of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
Gly`co*chol"ic (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of,
glycocoll and cholic acid.
Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of
glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium
salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized
in long, white needles.
Gly"co*cin (?), n. [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as
Glycocoll.
Gly"co*coll (?), n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from
hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile
united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by
decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called
also glycin, and glycocin.
Gly"co*gen (?), n. [Gr. &?; sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogËne.] (Physiol.
Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch,
soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the
liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and
tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar
when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the
action of amylolytic ferments.
Gly`co*gen"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the
glycogenic function of the liver.
{ Gly*cog"e*ny (?), Gly`co*gen"e*sis (?), } n. (Physiol.) The
production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
Gly"col (?), n. [Glycerin + - ol. See Glycerin.] (Chem.) (a) A thick,
colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially
from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate
between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large
class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
Gly*col"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as,
glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe
grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia),
and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol,
-- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance,
HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is
a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.
Gly"co*lide (?), n. [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white amorphous
powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
[Written also glycollide.]
Gly`co*lu"ric (?), a. [Glycol + uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived
from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also
hydantoic acid.
Gly`co*lu"ril (?), n. [Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline,
nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoÔn.
Gly"co*lyl (?), n. [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.) A divalent, compound
radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid,
and a large series of related compounds.
Gly*co"ni*an (?), a. & n. Glyconic.
Gly*con"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; a kind of verse, so called from its
inventor, Glycon.] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a
pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n.
(Pros.) A glyconic verse.
Gly"co*nin (?), n. An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used
as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.
Gly"co*sine (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced
artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia
on glyoxal.
||Gly`co*su"ri*a (?), n. (Med.) Same as Glucosuria.
||Glyc`yr*rhi"za (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; sweet + &?; root. Cf.
||Licorice.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of
which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a
bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
2. (Med.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a
demulcent, etc.
Glyc`yr*rhi*zim"ic (?), a. (Chem.) From, or pertaining to,
glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.
Gly*cyr"rhi*zin (?), n. [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.]
(Chem.) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia
bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as
a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.
{ Glyn, Glynne } (?), n. A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring
often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]
He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within
those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.
Spenser.
Gly*ox"al (?), n. [Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A white,
amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial
oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic
acid.
Gly`ox*al"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde
acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also
glyoxylic.]
Gly*ox"a*line (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base,
C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the
origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of
which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.
Gly*ox"ime (?), n. [Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline,
nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on
glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group
of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type.
See Oxime.
Glyph (glf), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F.
glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split.] (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove,
usually vertical. See Triglyph.
Glyph"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; of or for carving.] (Fine Arts) Of or
pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
Glyph"o*graph (?), n. A plate made by glyphography, or an impression
taken from such a plate.
Glyph`o*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to glyphography.
Gly*phog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; to engrave + -graphy.] A process
similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised
copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.