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Word Type Definition Glide n. A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the
changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and
with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the
begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant
or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other
of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, //
19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final
element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal
vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see
Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191).
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