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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1908
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GLEED, GLED, adj. Set far apart, thinly scattered, thinly growing, "e.g. of a row of sprigs in a boot-sole when the sprigs are far apart, 'That's an awful gleed row'" (Ork. 1929 Marw., gleed); "of loops in knitting: very open" (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). [Sh. gle:d, Ork. gli:d]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Der'r only a gled stelk here and dere; de neeps or taatis is very gled.
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