From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glade \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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1. 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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2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
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3. 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glade
n 1: a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a
wooded area [syn: {clearing}, {glade}]
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