• Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. • A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. • To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. • A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. • An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. • A false or specious explanation. • To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. • To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. • To make comments; to comment; to explain. • To make sly remarks, or insinuations.