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1. The 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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glade \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.]
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   1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared
      space in a forest.
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            There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
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   3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left
      unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]
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   Bottom glade. See under Bottom.

   Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and
      other birds in forest glades.
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3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Glade, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    114
   Housing Units (2000): 51
   Land area (2000):     0.241000 sq. miles (0.624186 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.241000 sq. miles (0.624186 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26325
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             39.682582 N, 99.310965 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67639
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Glade, KS
    Glade

Thesaurus Results for Glade,:

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