*glau*

it>or /mhw>. [ G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite. ] Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called “salts.” [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the “soda process, ” and also for use in glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Glaucous. ] Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium flavum or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium flavum, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Glaucous or glaucescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + dido`nai to give. ] (Min.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. glay`kwma, fr. glayko`s light gray, blue gray. ] (Med.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the nature of glaucoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gleucometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. glauconite, glauconie, fr. L. glaucus. See Glaucous. ] (Min.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + fai`nesqai to appear. ] (Min.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. glay`kwsis. ] (Med.) Same as Glaucoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. glaucus, Gr. glayko`s. ] 1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., sea green. ] (Zool.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]