gloss 2 
(glôs, glŏs)
(glôs, glŏs)n.
1.
a. A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text or manuscript.
b. A collection of such notes; a glossary.
2. An extensive commentary, often accompanying a text or publication.
3. A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation.
tr.v. glossed, gloss·ing, gloss·es
1. To provide (an expression or a text) with a gloss or glosses.
2. To give a false interpretation to.
[Middle English glose, from Old French, from Medieval Latin glōsa, from Latin glōssa, foreign word requiring explanation, from Greek, tongue, language.]
glosser n.
- bird feed
- bird feeder
- birdfeeder
- bird flu
- birdfoot violet
- birdfoot violet
- birdhouse
- birdie
- birding
- birdlime
- birdman
- bird of paradise
- bird of passage
- bird of prey
- bird pepper
- birdseed
- bird's-eye
- Birdseye
- bird's-eye maple
- bird's-foot trefoil
- birdsfoot trefoil
- bird's-foot violet
- birdshot
- bird's-nest fern
- bird's-nest fungus