n.; pl. Glebæ /plu>. [ L., a clod. ] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil. ] 1. A lump; a clod. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no glebe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being glebous. [ R. ]
{ } a. [ Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy. ] Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. “Gleby land.” Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]