·noun Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
II. Glee ·noun Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
III. Glee ·noun An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, ·etc...
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