Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7001 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

glosingglossing

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 89 works
Consistency: 98.3% (116 of 118)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: glossing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 89 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the defyling of some mans wife, or the deflowring of some maiden, or the glosingglossing of some wrong, or the eluding of some right, or the sowing of discord …
With rule
… the defyling of some mans wife, or the deflowring of some maiden, or the glosingglossing of some wrong, or the eluding of some right, or the sowing of discord …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paynes of hell thereto: the seduced and disobedient might shift the scriptures of, by glosingglossing thus vpon them, that false is true and wicked holy: life ment by death …
With rule
… paynes of hell thereto: the seduced and disobedient might shift the scriptures of, by glosingglossing thus vpon them, that false is true and wicked holy: life ment by death …
John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of all hir faythfull and loyall ſubiectes: although in deede it vſe not that gloſingglossing ſtyle nor palpable flatterie, neyther in mention of hir higheſt eſtate, nor of the …
With rule
… of all hir faythfull and loyall ſubiectes: although in deede it vſe not that gloſingglossing ſtyle nor palpable flatterie, neyther in mention of hir higheſt eſtate, nor of the …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of doctrine at all, but ſhall onely ſtudy to read plainely and aptly, (without gloſingglossing or adding) the Homilies etc?
With rule
… of doctrine at all, but ſhall onely ſtudy to read plainely and aptly, (without gloſingglossing or adding) the Homilies etc?
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other accusation of contempt is onely objected sect. 22. and varnished over with a few glosingglossing words sect. 23. and therefore may well bee answered vvith contempt. But hee that will …
With rule
… other accusation of contempt is onely objected sect. 22. and varnished over with a few glosingglossing words sect. 23. and therefore may well bee answered vvith contempt. But hee that will …
William Ames · Reply to Mortons Defense of Ceremonies · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
Contrary to this, are lying, gloſingglossing, diſſembling, and flattering ſpeeches, ſpeeches that ſooth vppe men in their ſinnes, or extell …
With rule
Contrary to this, are lying, gloſingglossing, diſſembling, and flattering ſpeeches, ſpeeches that ſooth vppe men in their ſinnes, or extell …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 1308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder her, executers of her christian lawes, all is but dissimulation and hypocrisie, fayned glosingglossing and seruile flattery. For you acknowledge not onely no vertue, but not so much …
With rule
… vnder her, executers of her christian lawes, all is but dissimulation and hypocrisie, fayned glosingglossing and seruile flattery. For you acknowledge not onely no vertue, but not so much …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sa déepe deceat, sik glosingglossing language vaine,
With rule
Sa déepe deceat, sik glosingglossing language vaine,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.