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gloze
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloze \Gloze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.] [1913 Webster] 1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A false, glozing parasite. --South. [1913 Webster] So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. --Shak. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloze \Gloze\, v. t.
To smooth over; to palliate.
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By glozing the evil that is in the world. --I. Taylor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloze \Gloze\, n.
1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
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Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. --Shak.
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2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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