Part 4835

<hw>Gleek</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gleek</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleek</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>glic</ets>, G. <ets>gl\'81ck</ets>, fortune. See <er>Luck</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pepys. Evelyn.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gleeman</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glee"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gleemen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[<ets>Glee</ets> + <ets>man</ets>; AS. <ets>gle\'a2man</ets>.]</ety> <def>A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.</def>

<h1>Gleen</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Glance</er>, <er>Glint</er>.]</ety> <def>To glisten; to gleam.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Gleesome</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glee"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Merry; joyous; gleeful.</def>

<h1>Gleet</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>glette</ets>, <ets>glet</ets>, <ets>glat</ets>, mucus, pus, filth, OF. <ets>glete</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.</def>

<i>Hoblyn.</i>

<h1>Gleet</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleet</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To flow slowly, as water.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Gleety</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleet"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ichorous; thin; limpid.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Gleg</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gleg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gl\'94ggr</ets>.]</ety> <def>Quick of perception; alert; sharp.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>