n. [ Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. glām-s&ymacr_;ni weakness of sight, glamour; glāmr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s&ymacr_;ni sight, akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. [ 1913 Webster ] The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. [ 1913 Webster ]
Glamour gift,
Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. [ 1913 Webster ]
It had much of glamour might
To make a lady seem a knight. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] | 