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Meaning of Gloss
An explanation; an interpretation , usually interlinear or marginal to the text of any work.
Gloss Alternative Definition
(Lat. glossa). Interpretation; comment; explanation; remark intended to illustrate a subject, especially the text of an author. See Webster. In Civil Law. Glossae, or glossemwta, were words which needed explanation. Calv. Lex. The explanations of such words. Id. Especially used of the short comments or explanations of the text of the Roman law, made during the twelfth century by the teachers at the schools of Bologna, etc., who were hence called glossators, of which glosses Accursius made a compilation which possesses great authority, called Glossa Ordinaria. These glosses were at first written between the lines of the text (glossae interlineares) , afterwards, on the margin, close by and partly under the text (glossae ma/rginales). Cush. Introd. Rom. Law, 130132.
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What is Gloss?
A definition of gloss is: An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an annotation, explanation, or comment on any passage in the text of a work, for purposes of elucidation or amplification.[1]
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- “Gloss” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)
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