Glis

This was Glis glis – the continental fat dormouse, prized as a table delicacy by the Romans, present throughout Europe and as an introduced species in Britain.

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Edible dormice are so named as the Romans ate them as a delicacy, and in fact fattened them up on chestnuts and acorns inside clay pots called glisaries (and the genus concerned is called Glis).

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Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis.

Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild tellurian 2006

Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis.

Archive 2006-12-01 tellurian 2006

Naters opposite, becoming a separate parish (the church is at Glis, a few minutes from the town) in 1517.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

'Glis a glisco: quoddam genus murium quod multum dormit.

The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901

Halifax_ (1775, 4to., p. 257.), in describing the High Sunderland, an ancient mansion near Halifax, formerly the residence of the Sunderlands, he notices that "over the north door is written, _Ne subeat Glis serdus_, a mistake for _surdus_; and over a door on the south side, _Ne entret amicus hirudo_."

Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

Silent Glis motorized drapes in the adjacent lobby

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The Crestron system offers complete control of all components, including the Silent Glis motorized drapes.

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Silent Glis motorized drapes in the adjacent lobby

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