1. gland - Noun
2. Gland - Proper 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.
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.
A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
Any very small prominence.
The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland. They can't push away from the table. Jesse Ventura
If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. Dave Barry
New York, the nation's thyroid gland. Christopher Morley
My doctor says that I have a malformed public duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre,' he muttered to himself, 'and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes. Douglas Adams
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person. Dawn Powell
I have to explain that I'm not an anarchist – I have a pro-state gland. Richard Stallman