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Glead (gcide) | Glead \Glead\, n.
A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]
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glead (gcide) | Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zool.)
The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is
also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead,
gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]
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ringleader (mass) | ringleader
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ringleader (encz) | ringleader,vůdce n: Zdeněk Brožringleader,vůdce skupiny Zdeněk Brož |
glead (gcide) | Glead \Glead\, n.
A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster]Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zool.)
The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is
also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead,
gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]
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Ringleader (gcide) | Ringleader \Ring"lead`er\, n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a
number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of
animals.
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A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader
hath in a dance. --Barrow.
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2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the
violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters,
mutineers, or the like.
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The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and
imprisoned. --Macaulay.
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ringleader (wn) | ringleader
n 1: a person who leads (especially in illicit activities) |
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