gleed

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gleed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Gleed \Gleed\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. gl[=e]d, fr. gl[=o]wan to glow
     as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl[=o][eth]. See
     Glow, v. i.]
     A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
     Longfellow.
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