Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLA'CIOUS, a.

Like ice; icy. Brown.

GLA'CIS, n. [Fr.]

1. In building, or gardening, an easy, insensible slope. Encyc.
2. In fortification, a sloping bank; that mass of earth which serves as a parapet to the covered way, having an easy slope or declivity toward the champaign or field. Encyc.

GLAD, a. [Sax. glad or glad; Sw. glad; Dan; flad; perhaps L; Laetus, without a prefix. See Class Ld, No. 2, Ar.]

1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy. A wise son maketh s glad father. Prov; x. It is usually followed by of. I am glad of an opportunity to oblige my friend. It is sometimes followed by at. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished; Prue xvii. It is sometimes followed by with. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. With, after glad, is unusual, and in this passage at would have been preferable.
2. Cheerful; joyous. They blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart. 1 Kings viii.
3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; as, a glad countenance.
4. Wearing a gay appearance; showy; bright. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them. Is. xxxv. Glad evening and glad more crown'd the fourth day. Milton.
5. Pleasing; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sidney.
6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy. Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers; Pope;

GLAD, v.t. [The pret. and pp. gladded is not used. See Gladden.]

To make glad; to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to glad-den; to exhilarate. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man; Pope.

GLAD'DEN, v.i.

glad'n; To become glad; to rejoice. So shall your country ever gladden at the sound of your voice. Adams' Inaugural Oration.

GLAD'DEN, v.t.

glad'n; [Sax. gladdian; Dan. glaeder; Sw. gladia.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to exhilarate. O news of peace gladdens our hearts. Churches will every where gladden his eye, and hymns of praise vibrate upon his ear. Dwight.

GLAD'DEN-ED, pp.

Made glad; cheered.

GLAD'DEN-ING, ppr.

Cheering; exhilarating.

GLAD'DER, n.

One that makes glad, or gives joy. Dryden.

GLAD'DING, ppr.

Making glad; cheering; giving joy.

GLADE, n. [D. glad, G. glatt, smooth.]

Smooth ice. New England

GLADE, n. [Ice. hlad. Qu.]

1. An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. Locally, in the United States, a natural opening or open place in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.
2. In New England, an opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen.

GLA'DEN,GLA'DER,

n [L. gladius, a sword.] Sword-grass; the general name of plants that rise with a broad blade like sedge. Junius.

GLAD'FUL, a.

Full of gladness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GLAD'FUL-NESS, n.

Joy; gladness. [Obs.] Spencer.

GLA'DI-ATE, a. [L. gladius, a sword.]

Sword-shaped; resembling the form of a sword; ss ths legume of a plant. Martyn.

GLA'DI-A-TOR, [L. from gladius, a sword.]

A sword-player; a prize-fighter. The gladiators, in Rome, were men who fought in the arena, for the entertainment of the people.

GLADI-A-TO'RI-AL, a.

Pertaining to gladiators, or to combats for the entertainment of the Roman people. Bp. Reynold.

GLA'DI-A-TORY, a.

Relating to gladiators. Bp. Porteus.

GLA'DI-A-TURE, n.

Sword;play; fencing. [Not in use.] Gayton.

GLAD'I-OLE, n. [L. gladiolus, a dagger.]

A plant, the sword-lily, of the genus Gladiolus. The water gladiole is of the genus Butomus or flowering rush, and also of the genus Lobelia er cardinal flower. Cyc., Fam. of Plants.

GLAD'LY, adv. [See Glad.]

With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully. The common people heard him gladly; Mark xii.

GLAD'NESS, n. [See Glad.]

Joy, or a moderate degree of joy and exhilaration; pleasure of mind; cheerfulness. They did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. [Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy. Esther viii; ix.]

GLAD'SHIP, n.

State of gladness. [Not used.] Gower.

GLADSOME, a.

1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful Spenser.
2. Causing jay, pleasure or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing. Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior.