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.

Random Black Country Slang!

Sup, Lamp, Joobus, Clemmed, Codge, Sheed, Tizzicky, Aar kid, Bist, Boster, Cockaver, Dock, Fun, Wench, Fittle, Poorly, Madden, Wik, Donny, Pie-can, Lather, Weem, Catlick, Dowl, Welly, Maunch, Piece, scromble, Purler, Tararabit,