noun any very small prominence.
2. gland ·noun the crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
3. gland ·noun a special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
4. gland ·noun an organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.
5. gland ·noun an organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.
6. gland ·noun the movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed;
sometimes called a follower. ·see ·illust. of stuffing box, under stuffing.