2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]

Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.

B. Jonson.

Glib"ly, adv. In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.

Glib"ness, n. The quality of being glib.

Glicke (?), n. [Cf. Gleek, n., 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning,

crafty.] An ogling look. [Obs.]

Glid"den (?), obs. p. p. of Glide. Chaucer.

{ Glid"der (?), Glid"der*y (?), } a. [Cf. Glide.] Giving no sure

footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.]

Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.

R. D. Blackmore.

Glide (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The glede or kite.

Glide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS.

gldan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gltan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan.

glide, and prob. to E. glad.]

1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence,

or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth,

silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater

over ice.

The river glideth at his own sweet will.

Wordsworth.

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