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Gleed
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Gleed, n. [AS. gl, fr. gl to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl. See Glow, v. i. ].
A live or glowing coal; a glede. Chaucer. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
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