† glozed, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. gloze v.1 + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb.: Provided with glosses, commented on; speciously adorned; specious.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 303 What lede leyueþ þat ich lye loke in þe sauter glosed. 1483 Caxton Cato 2 b, He sayd that he helde Cathon glosed for the best boke of his lyberarye. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 168 It is not peased..With cunning of Retorike, ne glosed eloquence. c 1520 ― Jugurth l. 70 b, My vertue sheweth it selfe playnelie ynough without glosedde or payntedde wordes. 1563 Homilies ii. Agst. Peril Idol. iii. K k ij, Suche glorious glosed fables. 1630 Lord Banians Introd., Smiling out a glosed and bashfull familiarity. |