▪ I. glidder, n. dial.
(ˈglɪdə(r))
[related to glidder a. and OE. gliddrian: see glidder v.]
A loose stone on a hillside.
| 1799 Scott Shepherd's T. 190 Beneath the cavern dread Among the glidders grey A shapeless stone with lichens spread Marks where the wanderer lay. 1863 Greenwell in Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club VI. 18 A very steep descent, covered with loose rolling stones, here called glidders or glitters. |
▪ II. glidder, a. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈglɪdə(r))
Also 4 glethur.
[OE. glidder, f. glid- wk. root of gl{iacu}dan glide v.]
‘Slippery’ (Halliwell). Hence ˈglidderly adv. (in 4 glethurly), with smooth unimpeded motion.
| c 825 Vesp. Hymns xi. 6 Lubricam, glidder. c 1000 Wulfstan Hom. 239/14 Ofer þone glideran weᵹ hellewites brogan. 13.. Sir Beues (MS. C.) 4313 + 161 So glethurly the swyrde went, That the frye owt of the pawment sprent. |
▪ III. glidder, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈglɪdə(r))
[f. prec. (OE. had gliddrian intr., to totter).]
trans. To glaze over; to cover with ice.
| 1616 B. Jonson Devil an Ass iv. iv, Keepe it in your galley-pot well glidder'd. 1778 W. Pryce Min. Cornub. ii. i. 78 Those Fissures are commonly glidered or coated over with a hard..earthy substance. 1867 Rock Jim & Nell xxix. (E.D.S. 76) The plaunching's lick a gliddered pond. |