Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLIDE, v.i. [Sax. glidan; G. gleiten; D. glyden; Dan. glider. Qu. Fr. glisser, in a different dialect. It has the elements of slide, as glib has of slip.]

1. To flow gently; to move without noise or violence; as a river. By east, among the dusty valleys glide / The silver streams of Jordan's crystal flood. Fairfax.
2. To move silently and smoothly; to pass along without apparent effort; as, a hawk or an eagle gliding through the air.
3. To move or pass rapidly and with apparent ease; as, a ship glides through the water.
4. In a general sense, to move or slip along with ease as on a smooth surface, or to pass along rapidly without apparent effort, and without obstruction.