3. The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the
production of glacial phenomena.
Gla"cier (?), n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense
field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and
moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over
an extended area, as in Greenland.
The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is
called the firn, or nÈvÈ; the glacier proper consist of solid ice,
deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or
direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations
of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to
their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The
common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches
per day in summer, and about half that in winter.
Glacier theory (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and
temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice,
period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the
earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and
accumulated.
Gla"cious (?), a. Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy.
Sir T. Browne.
Gla"cis (?), n. [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See
Glacier.] A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially
(Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward
the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).
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Glad (?), a. [Compar. Gladder (?); superl. Gladdest (?).] [AS. glÊd
bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth,
shining, Icel. gla&?;r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas
smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.]
1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry,
sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of,
at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the
cause or reason.
A wise son maketh a glad father.
Prov. x. 1.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Prov. xvii. 5.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
Dryden.
He, glad of her attention gained.
Milton.
As we are now glad to behold your eyes.
Shak.
Glad am I that your highness is so armed.
Shak.
Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.
2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy;
producing gladness; exhilarating.
Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is.
Sir P. Sidney.
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
Milton.
Syn. -- Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy;
cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating.
-- Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree
of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred
by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration
that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to
see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.
Glad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] [AS.
gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer;
to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer.
That which gladded all the warrior train.
Dryden.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
Pope.
Glad, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.
Glad"den (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Gladdening (?).] [See Glad, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to please;
to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him.
Addison.
Glad"den, v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.
The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight.
Wordsworth.
Glad"der (?), n. One who makes glad. Chaucer.
Glade (?), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also
W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear,
bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]
1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a
forest.
There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
Pope.