[glos, glaws] 
| 1. | an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text. |
| 2. | a series of verbal interpretations of a text. |
| 3. | a glossary. |
| 4. | an artfully misleading interpretation. |
| 5. | to insert glosses on; annotate. |
| 6. | to place (a word) in a gloss. |
| 7. | to give a specious interpretation of; explain away (often fol. by over or away): to gloss over a serious problem with a pat solution. |
| 8. | to make glosses. |
gloss over
Make attractive or acceptable by deception or superficial treatment. For example, His resumé glossed over his lack of experience, or She tried to gloss over the mistake by insisting it would make no difference. [Mid-1600s]