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   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.]
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   An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
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   There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
   Pope.
   
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   An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
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   An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]
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   Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.
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   Glede , n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gleða, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zool.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]
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