To gloss is to annotate some text (or talk)[1], the word glossary comes from that. That meaning is overshadowed by the more modern association with shininess bu

To gloss is to annotate some text (or talk)[1], the word glossary comes from that. That meaning is overshadowed by the more modern association with shininess but the annotation meaning seems appropriate here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss_(annotation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss_(annotation)