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Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches.

Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.

cend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.

Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.

inoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope.…

Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. Tit. ii. 7.

Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing. -- Grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established…

Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

ree fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. -- Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad. -- Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.…

Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroa…

word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.

Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception. They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached mast…

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. Milton.

An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

k. Also called South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.

Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists. [Cant or Slang]