gleed

The definition of gleed is a glowing coal.

(noun)

An example of gleed is what you would have in the bottom of a charcoal grill after you had lit a fire.

See gleed in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Chiefly Dial. a glowing coal

Origin: ME glede < OE gled < base of glowan: see glow

See gleed in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Archaic

A glowing coal; an ember.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English glede

Origin: , from Old English glēd; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots

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