glider

CEFRB2

/ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
One who glides.
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.

In context

The glider soared high into the air.
Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.
The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet.

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The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet.
2007, Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.
1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices, published 2003, page 73
Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.
2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good!, page 5
By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:
1989 December 22, Norbert Roestel, “CA-LETTER”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
I believe it is indeed new -- I've gone back through everything I can find, as far back as the early 90's when Heisenburp devices were first invented, and there don't seem to be any reactions based on a glider suppressing a blinker.
2006 September 28, Dave Greene, “Small Heisenburp device in Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

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From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.