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gleed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a, Sw glada. Cf {Glide}, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.) The common European kite ({Milvus ictinus}). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also {glead}, {gled}, {gleed}, {glade}, and {glide}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gleed \Gleed\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. gl[=e]d, fr gl[=o]wan to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl[=o][eth]. See {Glow}, v. i.] A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Longfellow.
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