Gloss

·noun A false or specious explanation.

II. Gloss ·vi To make sly remarks, or insinuations.

III. Gloss ·noun A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

IV. Gloss ·noun A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.

V. Gloss ·vi To make comments; to Comment; to Explain.

VI. Gloss ·vt To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.

VII. Gloss ·vt To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

VIII. Gloss ·noun An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.

IX. Gloss ·noun 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.

X. Gloss ·vt To render clear and evident by comments; to Illustrate; to Explain; to Annotate.