gloze

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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."

From Time Magazine Archive

Heaven, that I had thy head! he has found the meaning: But I will gloze with him.

From Pericles by Shakespeare, William

I will not shun to uphold The righteous cause, nor will I gloze the wrong With flattering titles, lest the kindling wrath Of an offended Maker, sweep me hence.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

It was the case of Esau; he was bidden sell his birthright for pottage, and affection could not gloze over the bargain.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

The burly, strong old man stood perfectly still and silent as he, with hesitating and ill-arranged words, tried to gloze over and make endurable his past conduct and intentions as to the future.

From An Eye for an Eye by Trollope, Anthony