adj. 1. 1 protected with a covering of armor.
Syn. -- steel-plated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. balade, OF. balade, F. ballade, fr. Pr. ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d Ball, n., and Ballet. ] A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make or sing ballads. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mention of in ballads. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Gr. kefalh` head + L. ad toward. ] (Zool.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Clothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Gladder superl. Gladdest ] [ AS. glæd bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. glaðr glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad on 't, glad of it. [ Colloq. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton.

Syn. -- Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. -- Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding. ] [ AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t. ] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which gladded all the warrior train. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clad or crowned with heath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot. Modern naval vessels are made of steel throughout, and this term is only used in historical contexts. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. 1. having an outer covering of iron or steel; as, an ironclad war vessel. [ PJC ]

2. so strong or secure as to be unbreakable; as, an ironclad contract. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rigorous; unbreakable; severe; exacting; inflexible; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Lead, to guide. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir. lath. √123. Cf. Lass. ] 1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. “Cupid is a knavish lad.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A companion; a comrade; a mate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively or unduly glad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Pholas. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. ] 1. A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ointment used in farriery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Slaw. ] 1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaves eaten raw are termed salad. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad. [ 1913 Webster ]

Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with vines. [ 1913 Webster ]