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GlideSee Glide Effortless and Glide PhotoShare. glide 1. a. any of various dances featuring gliding steps b. a step in such a dance 2. a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a gentle descent without engine power 3. the act or process of gliding 4. Music a. a long portion of tubing slipped in and out of a trombone to increase its length for the production of lower harmonic series b. a portamento or slur 5. Crystallog another name for slip 6. Cricket another word for glance (sense 1) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight, Into a western couch of thunder-cloud; And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees Didst glide away. They now looked more carefully at the sand-boat, and saw that the bottom was modeled with two sharp runners which would glide through the sand. A hundred years like water glide, Riches and rank are ashen cold, Daily the dream of peace recedes: By whom shall Sorrow be consoled? |
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