glade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glade	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for glade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glade n a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area Synonym(s): clearing, glade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] {Bottom glade}. See under {Bottom}. {Glade net}, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glede \Glede\ (gl[emac]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[edh]a, Sw. glada. Cf. {Glide}, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) The common European kite ({Milvus ictinus}). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also {glead}, {gled}, {gleed}, {glade}, and {glide}.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glade, KS (city, FIPS 26325) Location: 39.68257 N, 99.31059 W Population (1990): 101 (48 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67639