• |
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. |
• |
A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. |
• |
To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth
and shining; as, to gloss cloth. |
• |
A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word
requiring explanation. |
• |
An interpretation, consisting of one or more words,
interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running
commentary. |
• |
A false or specious explanation. |
• |
To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate;
to explain; to annotate. |
• |
To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and
plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. |
• |
To make comments; to comment; to explain. |
• |
To make sly remarks, or insinuations. |