glede
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of glede
Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede
Example Sentences
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It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that l doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
A dark brown fly, brown red hackle and body, ribbed with gold twist, and glede wings, varied with brown spotted turkey tail feather or mallard, one of each.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker
A cinnamon fly, with glede wings mixed with jungle cock, and ribbed with gold.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker
The doughty Douglas on a steed he rode all his men beforn, His armour glittered as did a glede, a bolder barn was never born.
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
Body, puce floss silk ribbed with silver, black-red hackle, a mixed wing of glede, turkey tail, and mallard, with a topping over all, and a dark claret or purple hackle.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker
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