Gleed

=

A cinder.

In the black country we say:

Gleed

This translates to:

A cinder.

Example Sentence

There was still a red gleed among the ashes.

Description

A variant spelling of 'glede', an older dialect word used in the Black Country for a glowing ember or live cinder from a fire.

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