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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gleed(e, a. [Var. of gleid Gleyit a. Cf. Glee v.] Squinteyed. — 1618 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 20.
To make … the gleede looke euen a1651 Calderwood II. 349.
God is not gleed thogh ye him clenge Ib. V. 129.
The gleed Hieland witche
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