glidern.
/ˈɡlʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈɡlaɪdər/ 1.
a. One who, or that which glides; also, that which aids in gliding. Also with up.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > smoothly > one who or that which
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > passage through the air > smooth > that which
glider1850
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 199/1 Glydare, serptor.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/2 Glydar a slyder, glancevr.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 94 Per. The glaunce into my heart did glide, Will. hey ho the glyder.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. A v b The little Glysorye, or Glidere vp and downe.
1850 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda I. 219 The Maruts..are gliders (through the air).
b. An appendage that aids in gliding.
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1873 J. B. Pettigrew Animal Locomotion (1874) 170 The elytra or anterior wings are frequently employed as sustainers or gliders in flight.
c. (See quot. 1940.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > foot > castor
dome of silence1924
glider1926
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 192/3 Unbreakable glass gliders... Makes furniture easily movable.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 379/1 Gliders, dome-shaped metal pieces fastened to the feet of chairs, settees, etc., in place of casters.
d. A runner (runner n.1 17b) for a curtain.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings
ringa1382
curtain-ring1483
curtain hookc1505
curtain-rodc1505
window pole1822
curtain-pole1865
curtain rail1924
glider1957
track1971
1957 Archit. Rev. 122 356/3 A concealed curtain track called ‘Silent Gliss’ and manufactured by Silent Gliss Ltd. will be shown; nylon gliders to which curtain may be attached direct or by means of hooks, runners or eyes, run in aluminium runners.
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 297/2 Typical cubicle equipment, comprising aluminium tube and curtain-rail with nylon gliders.
2. Aeronautics.
a. An engineless aeroplane.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [noun]
gliding machine1896
glider1897
aerodone1907
soarer1909
aviette1912
sailplane1922
rotochute1946
1897 Aeronaut. Ann. 144 I made my first trials with a soaring machine in the summer of '95... It is exceedingly difficult to make a glider with one surface only which will sail properly.
1903 Daily Chron. 29 Oct. 6/7 The longitudinal stability of aerial gliders.
1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. i. 208 I was developing a glider into a flyer.
1931 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 12/4 [He] had a leg and an arm broken when his glider crashed.
1950 Engineering 10 Feb. 158/1 The glider had the advantage of being able to land with great accuracy.
1965 ‘R. Serjeant’ & A. Watson Gliding Bk. iv. 50 The upward flow is called an ‘anabatic’ wind and it is occasionally strong enough to support a glider in flight.
b. One who glides or is an expert in gliding.
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > pilot of glider
glider1910
sailplaner1973
1910 C. C. Turner Aerial Navigation xx. 253 It will be well to take the experiences of the great gliders in proper order, beginning with Lilienthal.
1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 197 As to the ‘tower-jumpers’ of history,..there is happily no telling who was the first to deflect himself from the vertical sufficiently to earn the title of first ‘flier’ or ‘glider’ in history.
3. (See quot. 1939.) U.S.
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1932 Hadley Co., Springfield, Mass., Advt. July Junior Gliders!
1939 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Glider, a porch swing with cushioned seat or couch suspended by links from an upright framework.
1969 P. Highsmith Tremor of Forgery xxiv. 225 Adams's terrace faced the gulf and had a glider, table and chairs.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
glider air-train n. (see quot.).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [noun] > convoy of
skytrain1933
glider air-train1935
glider train1940
1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 377/1 Glider ‘air train’, an ‘air train’ consists of an aeroplane attached to which are one or more gliders in tow.
glider bomb n. = glide bomb n. at glide n. Compounds.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > aerial > glide bomb
glide bomb1943
glider bomb1944
1944 Times 24 Jan. 2/4 The enemy pressed home determined attacks on the convoy with glider bombs.
1945 W. Ley Rockets 272 There is no technological similarity between the radio-controlled glider bomb and the jet-propelled flying bomb V-1.
glider-borne adj. of troops, etc.: carried by glider.
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1942 Air News Oct. 27/2 Existing equipment could drop glider-borne troops.
1946 G. Gibson Enemy Coast Ahead xii. 157 Combined use of parachute troops, glider-borne troops, anti-flak fighters and bombers.
glider train n. = glider air-train n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [noun] > convoy of
skytrain1933
glider air-train1935
glider train1940
1940 Aeronautics Nov. 44/3 Flight tests have shown that more than one glider can be towed by an aeroplane, so that a glider train is not out of question.
glider-tug n. a powered aircraft that tows gliders.
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1944 Jane's All World's Aircraft 1943–4 43a/2 The principal glider-tug..is capable of towing up to three gliders at a time.
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