GLOSSES

noun

1. A surface shine or luster/lustre
2. A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

noun

1. 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.
2. A glossary; a collection of such notes.
3. An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.