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Origin of glairy
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They all repeated the word in tones of conviction—that word which they usually cast at the very worst smudges, at the pale, cold, glairy painting of daubers.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Sometimes there is a champing of the jaws and a very free flow of glairy saliva dropping from the mouth.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The skin of the gilt catfish secretes a thick, glairy, mucous exudate, which, if left to itself, would imperil the health of the fish.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir
Gleet, glēt, n. a glairy discharge from a mucous surface.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
First, The saliva; secreted from the glands of the mouth:—alkaline, glairy, adhesive.
From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell
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