Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
glede . - An obsolete variant of
glad .
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Examples
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A gled is a hawk, and that fierce and beautiful bird would have found its natural refuge among the stanes, or rocks, of the craggy moorlands which surround the “fortalice of gledstanes.”
The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989
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LISBON, Portugal mdash; Authorities in Portugal strug gled Thursday to contain wildfires sweeping across northern parts of the country.
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The kender strug - gled against Woodrow, trying to get to his feet.
Stalling 2010
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Inspector Bradstreet, B divi - sion, gave evidence as to the arrest of Horner, who strug - gled frantically, and protested his innocence in the strongest terms.
Sole Music 2010
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Putting his booted foot into the stirrups that dan - gled from it, the kender hopped aboard the dragon's back.
Stalling 2010
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Ai is gled kitteh heer hassent figurd awt hao teh “whurlpule” wirks!
I read your journal. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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“A bonny errand it is,” said old Lucky Simson, “to carry away a lying-in woman as a gled [Footnote: Or Kite.] would do a clocking-hen.”
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Re'moving a pair of cuffs from his utility belt, he dan-gled them like an enticement to a dance.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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When he still did not appear convinced, she strug-gled to contain her frustration.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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Seeing the uncertainty in his expression, she strug-gled for an explanation.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
rolig commented on the word gled
A variant of glede.
"The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard." – Webster's Revised Unabridged Dict.
May 3, 2008