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Webster 1913 Edition
Glee
Glee
(glē)
, Noun.
[OE.
gle
, gleo
, AS. gleów
, gleó
, akin to Icel. glȳ
: cf. Gr. [GREEK] joke, jest.] 1.
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
Spenser.
3.
(Mus.)
An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glee
GLEE
, n.1.
Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.2.
A sort of catch or song sung in parts.