Part 504

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

Pope.

Glad, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.

Glad"den (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening (?).] [See Glad, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him.

Addison.

Glad"den, v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.

The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight.

Wordsworth.

Glad"der (?), n. One who makes glad. Chaucer.

Glade (?), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.

Pope.

2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]

3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]

Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

Gla"den (?), n. [AS. glÊdene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole.] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris fútidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]

Glad"eye` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European yellow-hammer.

Glad"ful (?), a. Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.] Spenser.

It followed him with gladful glee.

Spenser.

Glad"i*ate (?), a. [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Glad"i*a`tor (?), n. [L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive.] 1. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.

{ Glad`i*a*to"ri*al (?), Glad`i*a*to"ri*an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

Glad"i*a`tor*ism (?), n. The art or practice of a gladiator.

Glad"i*a`tor*ship, n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.