What is "glad on 't"

Glad \Glad\ (gl[a^]d), a. [Compar. Gladder; superl. Gladdest.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[eth]r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.]

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.

   A wise son maketh a glad father.
   --Prov. x. 1.

   He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
   --Prov. xvii. 5.

   The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
   --Dryden.

   He, glad of her attention gained.
   --Milton.

   As we are now glad to behold your eyes.
   --Shak.

   Glad am I that your highness is so armed.
   --Shak.

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

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

   Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is.
   --Sir P. Sidney.

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

   Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating.

   Usage: 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.