Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
glead |
noun |
A live coal. See Gleed. |
gleam |
verb i. |
To disgorge filth, as a hawk., A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse., Brightness; splendor., To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east., To shine; to cast light; to glitter., To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). |
glean |
verb t. |
To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering., To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left., To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain., To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers., To pick up or gather anything by degrees., A collection made by gleaning., Cleaning; afterbirth. |
glebe |
noun |
A lump; a clod., Turf; soil; ground; sod., The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. |
gleby |
adjective |
Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. |
glede |
verb i. |
The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard., A live coal. |
gleed |
verb i. |
A live or glowing coal; a glede. |
gleek |
noun |
A jest or scoff; a trick or deception., An enticing look or glance., To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly., A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons., Three of the same cards held in the same hand; — hence, three of anything. |
gleen |
verb i. |
To glisten; to gleam. |
gleet |
noun |
A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea., To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet., To flow slowly, as water. |
glent |
noun & verb |
See Glint. |