Talk:glade

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glade An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. Not in other dictionaries. --Connel MacKenzie 21:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC) rfvfailed Cynewulf 19:22, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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ME glāde (n) ... also glode, glede; from OE *gæld, *gæld bright place (see glæd [adj.]) ... Middle English Dictionary (MED)

1. (a) a gleam of light (moonglade) ... (etym in OED) thus:
2. (b) A bright space, an open space (everglade); also, an open or cleared space in a forest;
3. (c) a bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds (etym in OED and MED)
4. (d) a bright surface of snow/ice ... a glade of ice(e) an open space in the ice on a river or lake

Source1: Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. An open space in a wood or forest, either natural or artificially made; especially, such an opening used as a place for catching game; an opening or passage through a wood.
2. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, a space of smooth ice or an ice-covered surface: as, the path was a glade of ice.
3. An everglade.

To go to glade ... to set ... as in the sun.

Source 2: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

   There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. --Pope.

2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.] --AnWulf ... Ferþu Hal! 14:26, 14 November 2011 (UTC)