Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Glean (2)

Glean, v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.2. To pick up or gather anything...

1568

Glean (3)

Glean, n. A collection made by gleaning.The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.

1569

Glean (4)

Glean, n. Cleaning; afterbirth. Holland.

1570

Gleaner

Glean″er (?), n. 1. One who gathers after reapers.2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.

1571

Gleaning

Glean″ing, n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook.

1572

Gleba

Gle″ba (?), n.; pl. Glebæ (#). (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.

1573

Glebe

Glebe (?), n. [F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.] 1. A lump; a clod.2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton.3. (Eccl. Law) The...

1574

Glebeless

Glebe″less, a. Having no glebe.

1575

Glebosity

Gle‐bos″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being glebous.

1576

Glebous

{ Gleb″ous (?), Gleb″y (?), } a. [Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.] Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. “Gleby land.” Prior.

1577

Glede

Glede (glēd), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gleða, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zoöl.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzz...

1578

Glede (2)

Glede, n. [See Gleed.] A live coal.The cruel ire, red as any glede. Chaucer.

1579

Glee

Glee (glē), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. glȳ: cf. Gr. χλεύν joke, jest.] 1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. Chaucer.2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; pari...

1580

Glee club

Glee club. A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.

1581

Gleed

Gleed (glēd), n. [AS. glēd, fr. glōwan to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. glōð. See Glow, v. i.] A live or glowing coal; a glede. Chaucer. Longfellow.

1582

Gleeful

Glee″ful (?), a. Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.

1583

Gleek

Gleek (?), n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelācan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.Wh...

1584

Gleek (2)

Gleek, v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. Shak.

1585

Gleek (3)

Gleek, n. [OF. glic, G. glück, fortune. See Luck.]1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. Pepys. Evelyn.2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; — he...

1586

Gleeman

Glee″man (?), n.; pl.Gleemen (#). [Glee + man; AS. gleóman.] A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

1587

Gleen

Gleen (?), v. i. [Cf. Glance, Glint.] To glisten; to gleam. Prior.

1588

Gleesome

Glee″some (?), a. Merry; joyous; gleeful.

1589

Gleet

Gleet (?), n. [OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.] (Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Ho...

1590

Gleet (2)

Gleet, v. i. 1. To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.

1591

Gleety

Gleet″y (?), a. Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.

1592

Gleg

Gleg (?), a. [Icel. glöggr.] Quick of perception; alert; sharp. Jamieson.

1593

Gleire

Gleire (?), Gleyre, n. See Glair. Chaucer.