Gloze — Defs

01 v. i. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.

imp. & p. p. Glozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing

1.
To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
“A false, glozing parasite.” — South.

“So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned.” — Milton.
2.
To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

02 v. t. To smooth over; to palliate.

1.
To smooth over; to palliate.
“By glozing the evil that is in the world.” — I. Taylor.

03 n. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

1.
Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
“Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by.” — Shak.
2.
Specious show; gloss.[Obs.]