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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glade \Glade\, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf also W. golead, goleuad a lighting, illumination, fr goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.] 1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. --Pope. 2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.] 3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also smooth ice. [Local, U. S.] {Bottom glade}. See under {Bottom}. {Glade net}, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glade n : a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area [syn: {clearing}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Glade, KS (city, FIPS 26325) Location: 39.68257 N, 99.31059 W Population (1990): 101 (48 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67639
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