gleed
\ gleed \, noun;
1.Archaic . a glowing coal.
Quotes:
"Not a gleed of fire, then, except the bit kindling peat, and maybe a spunk in Mysie's cutty-pipe," replied Caleb.
-- Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, 1819
I saw her pale lips move—a spell of warding, I suppose, for she neither winced nor withdrew her hand from the burning gleed .
-- Delia Sherman, The Porcelain Dove, 1993
Origin:
Gleed entered English before 950, and is related to the more common word glow .
