gloze

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Gloze \Gloze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.] [1913 Webster]

1.To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

A false, glozing parasite.— South.[1913 Webster]

So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Gloze \Gloze\, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate. [1913 Webster]

By glozing the evil that is in the world. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Gloze \Gloze\, n.

1.Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. [1913 Webster]

Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]