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Webster 1913 Edition
Glebe
Glebe
,Noun.
[F.
glèbe
, L. gleba
, glaeba
, clod, land, soil.] 1.
A lump; a clod.
2.
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the
glebe
, of oil, and wine. Milton.
3.
(Eccl. Law)
The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glebe
GLEBE
,Noun.
1.
Turf; soil; ground. Till the glad summons of a genial ray
Unbinds the glebe---
2.
The land belonging to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.3.
A crystal.4.
Among miners, a piece of earth in which is contained some mineral ore.