Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) to die.

1885

Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Aug. 6/4: An old literary friend, Bertha M. Clay, has ‘glided.’ Many a tale of hers [...] has done the block in the country Press, and in a certain evening paper in Sydney.

2. (later US black) to walk, to move, to arrive .

1884		(con. c.1840) ‘Mark Twain’ Huckleberry Finn 227: We better glide out of this, before three in the morning.
1886		Sporting Times 1 May 1/4: ‘Not me,’ yelled Gub as he took somebody else’s greatcoat and prepared to glide.
1901		J. London ‘Local Color’ Complete Short Stories (1993) I 689: Leave go, an’ I’ll glide an’ see.

3. (UK black/gang) to enter and reconnoitre rival gang territory.

2018-20

T. Thorne (ed.) ‘Drill Slang Glossary’ at Forensic Linguistic Databank 🌐 – drive into enemy territory.