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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), n. [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.] 1. Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. [1913 Webster] It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. [1913 Webster] To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), v. t. 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. [1913 Webster] You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. --Philips. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gloss \Gloss\, v. i. 1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. --Prior. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gloss \Gloss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glossing}.] To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. [1913 Webster] The glossed and gleamy wave. --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gloss \Gloss\, n. [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. ? tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. {Gloze}, {Glossary}, {Glottis}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. [1913 Webster] All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] Explaining the text in short glosses. --T. Baker. [1913 Webster] 3. A false or specious explanation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: gloss n 1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: {gloss}, {rubric}] 2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: {glossary}, {gloss}] 3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: {polish}, {gloss}, {glossiness}, {burnish}] 4: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" [syn: {semblance}, {gloss}, {color}, {colour}] v 1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing 2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: {gloss}, {comment}, {annotate}] 3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase 4: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie" [syn: {color}, {colour}, {gloss}]