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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
They leave a glairy trail everywhere they go.
From The Romantic by Sinclair, May
During this time it is absolutely inert, but at last the sac—for such it is—opens gently, and there is poured out a brownish glairy fluid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
They are of a bluish colour, and contain a glairy fluid.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The parasite develops within the living cells of the plant, forming a glairy mass of protoplasm known as the plasmodium, the form of which alters from time to time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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