▪ I. glossary1
(ˈglɒsərɪ)
Also 5 glosarye.
[ad. L. glossārium, f. glōssa gloss n.1: see -ary. Cf. F. glossaire.]
A collection of glosses; a list with explanations of abstruse, antiquated, dialectal, or technical terms; a partial dictionary.
| a 1380 S. Paula 36 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 8 As seiþ þe bok, iclept Glosarie. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. (1892) 1084 It is sayd in the glosarye that clemente is sayd rightwys, swete, rype and meke. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 364 Whence it is that an Old Glossary interpreteth Alpes Italie The Woulds of Italie. 1696 Phil. Trans. XIX. 264 The Glossary, at the end, is not only an Account of Words and Phrases, but also an explication of ancient Customs, Laws, and Manners. 1785 Cowper Needless Alarm 70 He..needs no glossary to set him right. 1797 W. Turton (title) A Medical Glossary. 1894 J. T. Fowler Adamnan Pref. 8 A glossary is appended. |
| fig. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. iii, The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 49 Having no participation of the elements of the animal and moral nature, it would want the glossary of mundane life. |
b. attrib. or adj.
| 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 311 Whether J. Perkins made those Glossary Contexts, or no. |
▪ II. † ˈglossary2 Obs.—1
[as if a. L. *glōssārius, f. glōssa gloss n.1]
= glossator.
| 1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. i. 11 The Glossaries have the Confidence to say..That the Pope can change the nature of things, can make (or create) Something out of Nothing. |