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any fiowers till it is of a large fize. There was one in 
the bifhop of London’s garden at Fulham, which pro¬ 
duced pods, in the year 172S, that came to their full 
fize ; but the feeds did not ripen. It appears from Plu- 
kenet that it was cultivated by bifnop Compton in 1700. 
j 3 . G. monofperma, fingle-feeded or water acacia ; 
legumes one-feeded ; leaflets ovate-oblong ; fpinesfew. 
This has much the appearance of the other, but has 
fewer fpines; the leaves are fmaller, and the pods are 
oval, containing- but one feed. It was difcovcred by 
Mr, Catelby in Carolina. 
y. G. horrida, or ftrong-fpined acacia ; leaflets ovate- 
oblong; fpines very frequent, in ail the varieties axil¬ 
lary, and commonly triple. 
Propagation and Culture, Thefe trees'are propagated 
by feeds, whicli muft be procured from America ; thofe 
of the firft'are annually fent to England in plenty, by 
the title of locujl or honey locujl, to diflinguifli it from the 
falfe acacia, which is frequently called locujl-tree in Ame¬ 
rica ; thefe feeds may be fown upon a bed of light 
earth in the fpring, burying them half an inch deep ; 
and, if the fpring ihould prove dry, they mull: be fre¬ 
quently .watered, otherwife the plants will not come up 
the firll: year, for fometimes the feeds remain two years, 
in the ground before they come up ; therefore thofe 
who are defirous to fave time, Ihould fow the feeds as 
foon as they arrive, and plunge the pots into a moderate 
hotjbed, obferving to water them frequently ; by tins 
meuiod moil of the plants will come up the fame fea- 
fon ; but thefe lliould be gradually inured to bear the 
open air; for, if they are continued in the hot-bed, 
they will draw up weak. During the fummer feafon, 
thofe plants in pots will require frequent waterings, but 
thofe in the full ground will not dry fo fail, therefore 
need no water, iinlefs the feafon ihould prove very dry. 
Jn autumn, thofe in the pots ihould be placed under a 
liot-bed frame to prote6l them from froil, for thefe 
young plants generally keep growing late in the fum- 
iiier ; and, the upper part of their ihoots. being tender, 
the early frofts of the autumn often kill the ends of 
them, if they are not protected, and tliis frequently oc- 
cafions great part of the Ihoots decaying in winter ; for 
which reafon thofe plants in the full ground lliould be 
covered w'ith mats in autumn, on the firll appearance of 
froil; for a fmall froft in autumn will do more inifchief 
to thefe young Ihoots which are full o”f fap, than fevere 
froil when the Ihoots are hardened. The following 
fpring they may be tranfplanted into nurfery-beds, at a 
foot dillance from row to row, and fix inches afunder in 
the rows ; but this Ihould not be performed till April, 
after the danger of hard froil is over ; for as the plants 
do not put out their leaves till very late, there will be 
no hazard in removing them any time before May, If 
the feafon fliould prove dry, they mull be watered; and 
if the ftirface of the beds is covered with mofs, or mulch, 
to prevent the earth from drying, it will be of great 
fervice to the plants. In thele beds the plants may 
remain two years, during whicli time they mull be con. 
Hantiy kept clean from weeds; and in the winter there 
fliould be fonie rotten tan, or other mulch-, fpread over 
the furface of the .ground to keep out the froil. If the 
plants thrive well, they will be fit to tranfplant to tlie 
places where they are to remain after two years growth, 
for they do not bear removing when large; the bell 
feafon for tranfplanting thefe trees, is late in the fpring; 
they thrive bell in a light deep foil, for in llrong lhaU 
low gi'ound they become molTy, and never grow large ; 
th.ey lliould alfo have a fteltered lituation, for when 
they are much expofed to winds, their branches are fre. 
qaently broken in the fummer feafon, when they are 
fully clothed with leaves. 
This being an elegant tree, it Ihould appear fmgly in 
the openings of plantations, provideel it be well Ihel- 
ter.ed from cold winds-, but it is not in full' leaf till the 
month of June, 
y-,ox-. VIII. No. 530. 
C^' L F. 613 
GL¥.E,y. Eshisise, Sax,] Joy; rrierriment; gaiety.: 
She marchetli home, and by her takes the knight, 
Whom all the people follow v.'ith great glee, Spertfer. 
7 he poor man then was ricli, and liv’d w'ltli glee; 
Each barley-bread iintaxf, and day-light free, //artr. 
It anciently fignified mnlic played at feafts. ft is now 
feldom ufed except in ludicrous writing, or-witli fome 
mixture of irony and contempt.— -Is Blquzclinda dead ? 
farew e 11 ' m y glee ! Gay. 
GLEED.yi [from ^lopan, Sa.x, to glow.] A hot 
glowing coal. A provincial and ohfolcte rvord. 
GLEE'FUL, Gay; merry ; cheerful. Aoi 
My lovely Aaron, wlserefore look’ll thou fad. 
When every tiling doth make a gleeful boalt I Shakefp. 
GLEEK,/. [gliS^e, Sax.] Mufic; or mufician.—• 
What will you give us?-No money, but the gleek : I 
will give you the minfcrel. Shakefpeare.—A fcoft'.—Now 
w'here’s the ballard’s braves and Charles hK gkeks ? 
Shakefpeare, —-A game at cards.—Penny gleek 1 hope’s in 
fafljion yet. Davenant's Wits. —[Becaufe three knaves i.n 
the game are a gleek. ] A triplet.—^We’ll celebrate a gkek 
of marriages. Albumazar. 
To GLEEK., V. a. [jlijman, in Saxon, is a mimic or 
a droll.] To faeer; to gibe; to droll upon.—I have 
feen you gleeking or galling at this gentleman twice or 
thrice. Shakefpeare. —In Scotland it fignifies to iool or 
fpend time idly, with fomething of mimicry or drollery. 
GLEE'MENjy. [ghp, or giigman. Sax. hence ghs- 
ganien, glee-games, explained in Somner’s Lexicon, by 
merry tricks, jells, fports, and gambols.] A kind ot 
Ihowmen anciently much in vogue in England. The 
gleemen added mimicry, and other meanS'of promoting 
mirth, to their profeflion, as well as dancing and tumbling, 
with flights of hand, and variety of deceptions to amuie 
the fpebtators; it was therefore necelTary for them to af- 
fociate thenifelves into companies, by which means they 
were enabled to diverlify their performances, and render 
many of them more furpriling through the allillance of 
their confederates. 
To GLEKN, V. n. To fliine with heat or polifh ; it 
may be of the fame derivation with glow or with gleam s 
Thofe who labour 
The fweaty forge, who edge the crooked feythe. 
Bend Itubborn heel, and harden armour, 
Acknowledge Vulcan’s aid. Prior. 
GLEE'SOME, adj. Joyous: 
Tliat gleefome hunters, pleafed witli their fport, 
With facrifices due have thank’d me for’t. W. Browne, 
GLEET, jf. [It is written by Skinner glitt., and de¬ 
rived from gliban. Sax. to run foftly.] A I'aiiious ooze ; 
■a thin ichor running from a fore.—A hard dry efehar, 
without eithev matter or gleet. Wifeman. 
To GLEET, V. n. To drip or ooze with a'thiii fanious 
liquor. To run flowly.—Vapours railed by the fun 
make clouds, which hit againll tlie mountainous places 
of the globe, and by this concuHion are condeiifed, and 
fo gleet down the caverns of thefe mountains, whole in¬ 
ner parts, being hollow, atlbrd them a baton. Cheyne. 
GLKE'TY, adj. Ichory; thinly fanious.—If theflefh 
lofe its ruddinels, and the matter change to be thin and 
gkety, you may i'ufpedt it corrupting. Wifeman. 
GLEI'BFIRG, or Glitz berg, a town of Germany, 
in the circle of the Upper Rhine, and principality of 
Nalfau Weilburg : two miles north of Giefl'cn, and eight 
north-eall of Wetzlar. 
GLEI'CHEN (Frederic-William von), furnamed 
Rutzworm, lord of Greifenllein, Boiinlaiid, and Et- 
zelbacli, knight of the Braiidenburgh order of the red 
eagle, born at Bayreuth, in 1714. He fpent the earlier 
part of his life as an officer in the fervice.of Bayreuth, 
dillinguiffied by his attention to military difeipline. lie 
rol'e to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and obtained the 
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