Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLA'CIS
GLA'CIS, n. [Fr.]
- In building, or gardening, an easy, insensible slope. Encyc.
- In fortification, a sloping bank; that mass of earth which serves as a parapet to the covered way, having an easy slope or declivity toward the champaign or field. Encyc.
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