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Word of the Day
Sunday, January 04, 2015
gleed


1.
Archaic . a glowing coal.


"Not a gleed of fire, then, except the bit kindling peat, and maybe a spunk in Mysie's cutty-pipe," replied Caleb.
-- Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor , 1819

I saw her pale lips move—a spell of warding, I suppose, for she neither winced nor withdrew her hand from the burning gleed .
-- Delia Sherman, The Porcelain Dove , 1993

Origin:
Gleed entered English before 950, and is related to the more common word glow .
 
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