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noun

Glee n.

Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. (Obs.)

Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.

(Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the sweat dripped from him, but he toiled on with a savage glee at his success. The foundations had not been dug out; they were "floating" upon the earth surface; and the labor of undermining would, it appeared, ...

— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne

... rushed off in a state of great glee. He had often heard the voyageurs of Red River dilate on the delights of roughing it in the woods, and his heart had bounded as they spoke of dangers encountered and overcome among the rapids of the Far North, or with the bears and bison-bulls of the prairie, but never ...

— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne

... operation[44] I have a wondrous inclination; Ev'n when a boy, with cheerful glee, The red-coats march I used to see; With joy beheld the corporals drill, The men upon the Castle-hill; And at the sound of drum and fife, Felt an unusual flow of life. Besides, my honest friend, you ...

— Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica • James Boswell

... "How in the world does Jane ever make a bed, I wonder?" And at last he deserted it altogether and drew off with a very hot face. "Heigh-ho! I wish we could do something to celebrate when Rachel comes," and he wrinkled his brows in perplexity. "Oh, I know," and he clapped his hands in glee. Then he ran softly out and ...

— Five Little Peppers and their Friends • Margaret Sidney

... happy moments swiftly sped In unabated glee; Their lungs were strong, Their legs were long, And supple ...

— The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg' • Bertha Upton

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