| 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. [ 1913 Webster ] There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An everglade. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Bottom glade. See under Bottom. --
Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Gladen | n. [ AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole. ] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris fœtidissima. [ Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
