Definition of glosses:
(v) :
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
(n) :
A surface shine or luster.
(n) :
(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
(v) :
(intransitive) To become shiny.
(v) :
(transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
(n) :
(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.