Bible Dictionary: Glossy

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

2. (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.

Strong's Hebrew

6245. ashath -- to be smooth or shiny
... A primitive root; probably to be sleek, ie Glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing)
to excogitate (as if forming in the mind) -- shine, think. ...
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Library

A Provision Ground
... That tree with upright branches, and large, dark, glossy leaves tiled upwards
along them, is the Mammee Sapota, {311a} beautiful likewise. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xvi a provision ground.htm

The Savanna of Aripo
... heads to the drizzly shower which plays incessantly on their glistening leaves,
off which the globules roll in a thousand pearls, as from the glossy plumage of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xii the savanna of.htm

August 19, 1894
... I keep a close watch upon my little rabbits; I do not want to do them any harm,
but I tell them gently: "You must keep your fur glossy, and must not look ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/xix august 19 1894.htm

To J. Tarn, Esq. , Under-Treasurer of the British and Foreign ...
... This paper is far superior to that for which the Society formerly paid 40 (and
which was not dear at 40), being far stronger and more glossy. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to j tarn esq under-treasurer.htm

He Careth for You
... That we may be clothed, he makes the cotton and the flax to grow out of the soil,
the wool upon the sheep, and causes the silkworm to spin its glossy house. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-two he careth for.htm

Homer's Obligations to the Sacred Writers.
... He wrote thus in his own poem: [2573] ". "And, seizing by her glossy locks. The
goddess Ate, in his wrath he swore. That never to the starry skies again,. ...
/.../chapter xxviii homers obligations to the.htm

The Contrast.
... If he had lived in these days, and there are many of his family with us now, he
would have worn glossy broadcloth instead of purple, and have held a ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xxxvi the contrast.htm

The Entry into Jerusalem.
... Its coat, too, is as glossy as a well-kept horse's""shiny black, or satiny white,
or sleek mouse colour." It was not chosen by our Lord at this time that He ...
/.../ii the entry into jerusalem.htm

The High Woods
... But he stops with a smile of satisfaction as he sees lying on the ground dark green
glossy leaves, which are fading into a bright crimson; for overhead ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vii the high woods.htm

Jacob's Waking Exclamation
... you be alone in your thought, for every waving flower-bell will bear witness to
the fact, and the insect humming in the breeze, and the glossy beetle creeping ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/jacobs waking exclamation.htm

Thesaurus

Glossy (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly
polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. ...Glossy (2 Occurrences). ...
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Polish (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread
with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. ...
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Sleek (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth;
hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. 2. (superl.) Not rough or harsh. ...
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Glow (3 Occurrences)

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Glorying (27 Occurrences)

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Divided (102 Occurrences)
... Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible
from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down ...
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Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... ostrich plumes. The females are smaller, the colors gray and white, the
males a glossy black, the wing and tail plumes white. The ...
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Liver (16 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to
the city of Liverpool. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LIVER. ...
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Finish (35 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or
style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... land is it more numerous than in Palestine In general appearance it resembles the
crow, but is much larger, being almost two feet long, of a glossy black, with ...
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Bible Concordance

Glossy (2 Occurrences)

Isaiah 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters,'saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!
(See JPS)

Isaiah 18:7 In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Glossy

Related Terms

Polish (1 Occurrence)

Sleek (7 Occurrences)

Glow (3 Occurrences)

Glorying (27 Occurrences)

Divided (102 Occurrences)

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

Liver (16 Occurrences)

Finish (35 Occurrences)

Raven (7 Occurrences)