GLEDE

Etymology 1

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface.

Etymology 2

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

Anagrams

• degel, edgel, gleed, ledge, leged

Source: Wiktionary


Glede, n. Etym: [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle,, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]

Glede, n. Etym: [See Gleed.]

Definition: A live coal. [Archaic] The cruel ire, red as any glede. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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