Definition of Gleds

1. gled [n] - See also: gled

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gleds

glebe
glebe-house
glebe-land
glebe house
glebeless
glebes
glebous
gleby
gled
glede
gledes
gledge
gledged
gledges
gledging
gleds (current term)
glee
glee club
glee clubs
gleecraft
gleed
gleeds
gleeful
gleefull
gleefully
gleefulness
gleefulnesses
gleeing
gleek
gleeked

Literary usage of Gleds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"... when young gleds are in them, are kept well filled with mice and moles, which proves that this bird not only preys on animals of its own tribe, ..."

2. A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX by Prosper Mérimée (1890)
"All but blind men must perceive what these things portend, Gaspard ! buckle on sword and spur, or in a few days' time the gleds shall glut themselves with ..."

3. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"GLASGOW people, Greenock folk, and Paisley bodies. Liverpool gentlemen and Manchester men.—E. gleds and corbies will never pair. ..."

4. The Standard-phonographic Dictionary by Andrew Jackson Graham (1890)
"Give up the ghost, Gay^Pee-Gayet Glad as, gleds:(or ">. ... Gled'-Em. Glad it, gleds-Tee. ..."

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