GLAGOLITIC

glagolitic, an early slavonic alphabet: also the liturgy written therein, and the people (dalmatians and roman catholic montenegrins) among whom it has survived by special licence of the pope (see slavs for table of letters). glair (from fr. _glaire_, probably from lat. _clarus_, clear, bright), the white of an egg, and hence a term used for a preparation made of this and used, in bookbinding and in gilding, to retain the gold and as a varnish. the adjective "glairy" is used of substances having the viscous and transparent consistency of the white of an egg.