Glad - GLAD, a. [L. loetus, without a prefix.]
1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov 10.
It is usually followed by of. I am glad of an opportunity to oblige my friend.
It is sometimes followed by at.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov 17.
It is sometimes followed by with.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood--
With, after glad, is unusual, and in this passage at would have been preferable.
2. Cheerful; joyous.
They blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart. 1 Ki 8.
3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; as a glad countenance.
4. Wearing a gay appearance; showy; bright.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them. Isa 35.
Glad evening and glad morn crown'd the fourth day.
5. Pleasing; exhilarating.
Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is.
6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy.
Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers.
GLAD, v.t. [The pret. and pp. gladed is not used. See Gladden.]
To make glad; to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
Glory - GLO'RY, n. [L. gloria; planus; hence, bright, shining. Glory, then, is brightness, splendor. The L. floreo, to blossom, to flower, to flourish, is probably of the same family.]
1. Brightness; luster; splendor.
The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky.
For he received from God the Father honor and glory,when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. 2 Pet 1.
In this passage of Peter, the latter word glory refers to the visible splendor or bright cloud that overshadowed Christ at his transfiguration. The former word glory, though the same in the original, is to be understood in a figurative sense.
2. Splendor; magnificence.
Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one
of these. Mat 6.
3. The circle of rays surrounding the head of a figure in painting.
4. Praise ascribed in adoration; honor.
Glory to God in the highest. Luke 2.
5. Honor; praise; fame; renown; celebrity. The hero pants for glory in the field. It was the glory of Howard to relieve the wretched.
6. The felicity of heaven prepared for the children of God; celestial bliss.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,and afterwards receive me to glory. Psa 73.
7. In scripture, the divine presence; or the ark, the manifestation of it.
The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam 4.
8. The divine perfections or excellence.
The heavens declare the glory of God. Psa 19.
9. Honorable representation of God. 1 Cor 11:8.
10. Distinguished honor or ornament; that which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast.
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms. Isa 13.
11. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance; as vain glory.
12. Generous pride.
GLO'RY, v.i. [L. glorior, from gloria.]
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name. Psa 105. 1 Chr 16.
1. To boast; to be proud of.
No one should glory in his prosperity.
Glory - GLO'RY, n. [L. gloria; planus; hence, bright, shining. Glory, then, is brightness, splendor. The L. floreo, to blossom, to flower, to flourish, is probably of the same family.]
1. Brightness; luster; splendor.
The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky.
For he received from God the Father honor and glory,when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. 2 Pet 1.
In this passage of Peter, the latter word glory refers to the visible splendor or bright cloud that overshadowed Christ at his transfiguration. The former word glory, though the same in the original, is to be understood in a figurative sense.
2. Splendor; magnificence.
Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one
of these. Mat 6.
3. The circle of rays surrounding the head of a figure in painting.
4. Praise ascribed in adoration; honor.
Glory to God in the highest. Luke 2.
5. Honor; praise; fame; renown; celebrity. The hero pants for glory in the field. It was the glory of Howard to relieve the wretched.
6. The felicity of heaven prepared for the children of God; celestial bliss.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,and afterwards receive me to glory. Psa 73.
7. In scripture, the divine presence; or the ark, the manifestation of it.
The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam 4.
8. The divine perfections or excellence.
The heavens declare the glory of God. Psa 19.
9. Honorable representation of God. 1 Cor 11:8.
10. Distinguished honor or ornament; that which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast.
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms. Isa 13.
11. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance; as vain glory.
12. Generous pride.
GLO'RY, v.i. [L. glorior, from gloria.]
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name. Psa 105. 1 Chr 16.
1. To boast; to be proud of.
No one should glory in his prosperity.
Gnashing - GNASH'ING, ppr. nash'ing. Striking the teeth together, as in anger, rage or pain.
GNASH'ING, n. nash'ing. A grinding or striking of the teeth in rage or anguish.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mat 8.
Gnat - GNAT, n. nat. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the Culex, whose long cylindric body is composed of eight rings.
They have six legs and their mouth is formed by a flexible sheath, inclosing bristles pointed like stings. The sting is a tube containing five or six spicula of exquisite fineness, dentated or edged. The most troublesome of this genus is the musketoe.
1. Any thing proverbially small.
Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Mat 23.