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Meaning of GLOSSIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Glos"sic\ (gl[o^]s"s[i^]k), n. [L. glossa a word
requiring a gloss. See 3d {Gloss}.]
A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values
of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to
represent one sound only.
      Ingglish Glosik konvai*z hwotev*er proanusiai*shon iz
      inten*ded bei dhi reiter.                --A. J. Ellis.
 

 

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