glozes

Noun

gloze (plural glozes)

1. A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
   • So we o’ershroud stars and roses,
     Cherub and trophy and garland.
     Nothings grow something which quietly closes
     Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land
     Gets through our comments and glozes.1855, Robert Browning, “Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha”, in Men and Women, stanza 24
2. Flattery.
   • […] if Virtue aught may crave, or Heav’n,
     Beware, alike, of factious leagues, impure,
     And courtly glozes vile.1803, Jerome Alley, The Judge; or, An Estimate of the Importance of the Judicial Character, London: Vernor & Hood, Canto III, page 97
3. (False) appearance.
   • We have flattered thee, O Lord, with our tongues, and dissembled in our double hearts like the Israelites, whom thou hast fearfully punished in the sight of all the world, and saluted thee long with Judas kiss; to wit, with a vizard and show of religion, with the gloze of outward profession...1585, John Aylmer, “A necessarie and godly prayer appoynted by the right reverend Father in God John, Bishop of London to be used throughout all his Dioces upon Sondayes and Frydayes, for the turning...
4. A specious show, a deceit.
   • Now to plain-dealing; lay these glozes by:
     Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France?c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

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