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▪ I. glidder, n. dial.|ˈglɪdə(r)| [related to glidder a. and OE. gliddrian: see glidder v.] A loose stone on a hillside.
1799Scott Shepherd's T. 190 Beneath the cavern dread Among the glidders grey A shapeless stone with lichens spread Marks where the wanderer lay. 1863Greenwell 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 glídan glide v.] ‘Slippery’ (Halliwell). Hence ˈglidderly adv. (in 4 glethurly), with smooth unimpeded motion.
c825Vesp. Hymns xi. 6 Lubricam, glidder. c1000Wulfstan 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.
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass iv. iv, Keepe it in your galley-pot well glidder'd. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. ii. i. 78 Those Fissures are commonly glidered or coated over with a hard..earthy substance. 1867Rock Jim & Nell xxix. (E.D.S. 76) The plaunching's lick a gliddered pond. |