What is a mean of glidden?
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Joseph Glidden (1813-1906) was an American businessman. He was the inventor of the barbed wire.
http://www.freedictionary.org/?Query=glidden
This dictionary entry indicates that the word is an obsolete (think Chaucer's time) verb form of "to glide" -- ex: The sleigh has glidden into the space in front of the house.
This dictionary entry indicates that the word is an obsolete (think Chaucer's time) verb form of "to glide" -- ex: The sleigh has glidden into the space in front of the house.
As "meg" indicates, most dictionaries list the word as someone's surname.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=glide
Read the second entry here, and you can hear (with the old-time spelling) the Old Saxon use of the word, as well as where it came from.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=glide
Read the second entry here, and you can hear (with the old-time spelling) the Old Saxon use of the word, as well as where it came from.
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