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G1.0('ES ["ER , the eapit21 cf Gloe<(\er·n,ire , niuety
nllle<~ e!1 01 Lt"Jon : Vv . long. ,016', alltl N. I. t.
SI " 50'.
lt IS ,¡ bilhop's (e<, and (enus IWOmemuers 10 plf'
li"m~nl.
GLOG r\ W, a eity o( Silc~a, ~lUmd on tbe river Ooer,
I~rt)' tive mdes n0n h wdl oC Ere11.w: E long 16"
&', .nu N. I.,t SI " 40'.
L.:t/ú CLOC.'W, ,¡ IOwn oC Silefia, fifty miles fouth of
t)rc
GLOR[OSA, SUPERB LtLY, in ootany, a genus of
th< hexandm monufl'ni. clafs. The eorolla eonfi(1! of
fix undlll.lted anu refidl<d petals; anu Ihe lIylus is ob–
[Ique. T here is hUI Olle (peeits, a native of Ma[abar.
GLOSSARY. a (on oC difhónary, explaiuing the ob·
(cure anO antiquat.d ternn in (ome old author.
GLOSSOPETR:\, in natural hlUory, a genus of eXlra·
neous foOils, fo e.!Jed (rom thti r having iltcn fup pofd
tbe tongues of (erpents t1trncd into nOgC, thoueh they
are n.lly the teeth 01' HlJrks, and are daily (ouod in
the moutns of tho(e filhes, wher. ever t,ken.
GLO ITI S, in anatOmy. See ANATOMY, p. 300.
(iLOW IVORM See CICINDELA .
GLU CKSTAT, a fonificd to'wn o( C"manv, fitumd
on th. ea!! fid e oi the river E[be. th"ty m'iles nonh ·
wen of Hamburgh: E. loog. 9°, and N. 1:u . 54 ° 2c/.
GLUE, among anifieers, a tenaciolls "ifcid matta,
which (<<ves as a cement tO biod or eonnttl things to·
gether.
Clues are of difl'erent , aceording to the vario
OU$ ufes they are defigned for, as lhe common glue,
gluve· gloe, aod parehmeot.glue; \\'hereof lhe 1wo la!!
"re more properly called fize.
The common or Ilrong elue is chiefly u(ed by caro
reolers, joiners, c.binel makers, &e. anu lhe beO kind
i, thal made <n England, in Iql'are piec.s of a ruddy
urown co[our ; and, neXI to thlS, lhe Flande," g[ue. lt
is made o( lhe Odns of . nimals, as uxen, cows, calves,
Iheep, Ce. and lhe older lhe ere.ture is, the belter is
lhe glue made of its hide. Indecd, whule Ikins are but
rarely ured for lhis purpoCe, bUl only the Ihmngs, ra·
ringl, or leraps of lhem; Or the feet·fir.ews, cre. T hat
of whole Odn!, howe"er, is undoubledly lh~ bdl i
.s lhal made of (inell's is lhe veryworfr.
Tf" n"lhod ./ n"Ri>lg CLUE . In making glue of pa·
ring., lheyfirO (leep lhem t\Yo Or three day. in water;
lhen walhlng them wdl out, lhey boil lhem lO the
confillenee of a lhlck jelly ; ",hieh lhey pa(s, wl,tle hOl,
th:ough oZler·b.O<tts, tu ('par. te lhe impurities from
it, anu then let it (l and Come ti,,,e, lo punfy il fur–
Iher: when all the fil th and oruures . re fettltu lO the
hnaom nf the vdr", they md t .nJ bo:1 it a freunu
t,me . They next pour il into fl al frames o( moulds,
"hen" it is l,ken out pretty h. ,J and felld , antl Cut
iroto fquare, pieees ur cal.e,. 'l'h,y . ftcrwdrds dr)' il
in the wlnJ, in ,¡ fort of coarfe n~l ; .otl at I.(r Hr:ng
il, to CniO, ils dryln~.
T he glu~ maj e uf ((n~w" feel. ¿·r. i, m, n'neu
afler die (aríl': ma nncr ; unly'J:;lh ti is \~.f1.1 cn:c, (h,1t
theyborot ¡nd CC0ur th~ f' d, ¡,r,d ,:0 not Id)' thdll 10
lb p.
.C N A
T hc ben gluc is lhat which is oluea ; and the furere
w, ~ to trv tlS goodne(" is 'o lava plece lO Heep three
or luur d.,\'s, "nd if it (IV"I conlidc"bly "ithoUl melt–
ing' . nd when t.,ken CUl reCumos its former urine(s, it
is e"ctll,nl.
A glu~ lhal lI'ill hold ag.inH (¡re or waler, may be
molde thus: mix a hanntul of quicklime with four
ounces of lín(eed oil; hoi l lhem 10 a good lhicknefs,
lhen i'pread it on lin.plms in lhe Ihade, and it will be–
come exeeed'ng hard, hUI may be eafily dilfolved ovet
a ti re, as glue, aod will eff<c'l lhe bufine(s lO admira–
tion.
l1I"h.d'¡ preparing ond UjiHg GLUE . Set a qum of
waler on lhe tben pUl in abOUl half • pound of
good glue, and boil' lhem gcntly logether lill Ihe glue
be cnlirely diO',lved and 01' a due confiOenee. When
glue is tO be u(ed, il ruull be lhoroughly hOI;
after which, Wilh a brulh dipped in il, bcfmear the (a·
~s of lhe jUlOls as quiek as poffible ; lhen clapping
them together, nlde or ru'> lhem lenglhwi(e one upon
anolher, 1"'0 or lhree limes, to (elde lhem clofei and
fo lel lhem O,nd lill lhey are dry and firmo
GLUME, among bot.niOs. Sce LlOTANY, p. 6H.
GLUTA': US, in an.tomy. See ANATO'lY, p 204'
GLYCI I E, in bOlany, a genu! of Ihe diadelphia de-
candria cla(s. The cal,x tS bil. bialed : and lhe ped
coo~ns of lWO cells. T here are nine (pecies, Done of
lheOl natives of Llritain.
GLYCYRRH[ZA, LI <t,U ORI CE, in ~ol,ny, a genus of
the diadelphia decandr;. c1aCs. The caJix is bilabia–
ted; and the pod is oval and comprelftd. There are
lhree (Fecies, none of lhem nati"es of Britain.
T he common liquoriec is cultivaled in mon coun–
tries of Europe for lhe (ake of its roOl . Thal whicll
is cu!ti,'aled in Hritain is prefer,¡ble to fueh as comes
from abroad; lhis [.rt being generally mouldy, which
lhis rOOl is l'Cry apl lO beeome, unle(s kepr in a dry
place. TIte po",dcr o( liquorice ufu.lly (o[d is oflen
mingled wilil Bour, and rrobablytoooften with fubllan–
res nOl quile (o ",holeCome: lhe bell (orl is of a brown–
ilh yellowcolour (the fine pale yellow being generally
lophl(ltcaled) aod of a very rich fwcel ta(le, mueh
more agreeaLle than thal oC the frclh root. Liquorice
is almoll the only [wt'Ct thal qnenches lhirll ; whenee
it "'as c.tIlcd by lhe Creeks aai/,fo". Calcn lakes no·
lice, lhal il IVas eml'loyed in this inlenlion io hydro·
pic cafes, lOprevent lhe nwOity of d.,inking. Mr
Fuller, in h:s JI1.dicinacynuw/lira, recommends lhis
rOlll •• a rery u[eful peclofdl, ar.d fJ )'s il excellendy
fortens acrimonion, humours, al the fame time thal it
rr nve~ gently ,Iettrgcnt : and this aceounl is wdfranted
hy " ptrienee.
GL'r PH, in fculpl"re ano arehitd'lure, denotes any ca·
nal or c,¡vit y ur, d as ,¡n Oroamcnl
G~[ E Ll N , In botany, ., ;!elllt< of the d.,'ynamia an~;o(,,,,mi. cia('. T ite C,.!IX h
ti (,,,,, ledil; the eoroll.
is bcll.lh.lptJ, and d"'iJ,o iWI (uu r ("gm~nts; the an–
dll.!rx. ílrt' dlVidlJ into {\Va p.11ts ; :'IIIJ the Iru\{ is a bi·
J.Jcu (11 IIpJ. TIt~II: i~ b\1t one (¡'l,;cid, ,¡ nau\'e uf
Ihe: 1 1II11I~s.
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