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gloss [Gr.,=tongue], explanatory note on a word or words of a text, usually written between the lines or in a margin of a manuscript. In copying a manuscript, a copyist sometimes incorporated a gloss in the text, so that the copy departed from the original. The gloss may be in a language different from that of the text. Old glosses on the Bible have value as evidence of tradition, as have glosses in civil and canon law. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was exactly as if they had both had at heart to gloss over any recent little friction. A gloss shining beyond the purest brightness of Parian marble. Its merits as a prepartion for the hair are undeniable--it imparts to it a superb gloss and a silky fineness. |
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