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GLEDES
Noun
gledes
plural of glede
Anagrams
• Sledge, edgels, gleeds, ledges, sledge
Source: Wiktionary
GLEDE
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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