Gloss
the name is given to the interpretations or explanations of the Justinian code, which were generally written between the lines of the text and on the margin, and were hence called "glossæ interlineares" and "glossæ marginales."
These glosses were sometimes held to be of equal authority with the text itself.
Accursius, who died about 1260, collected and arranged the glosses of his predecessors. The practice of introducing glosses was also adopted with the books of the canon law.
GLOSSANTHRAX (-an'-), a disease affecting herbivorous animals, especially cattle and horses. It is characterized by dark-colored carbuncles on the tongue.