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glairy

American  
[glair-ee] / ˈglɛər i /
Also glaireous

adjective

glairier, glairiest
  1. of the nature of glair; viscous.

  2. covered with glair.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of glairy

First recorded in 1655–65; glair + -y 1

Example Sentences

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These last, however, soon begin to swell, and a thick glairy discharge of simple mucus drains from them in small quantities.

From The Dog by Dinks

He had a remittent chronic intestinal catarrh, with—noticeably during the periods of exacerbation—abundant discharge of a glairy mucus.

From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.

The fangs are enclosed in a soft, pulpy sheath, the inner surface of which is commonly coated with a thin glairy secretion.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

The glairy fluid which is secreted by mucous membranes, and which serves to keep them in a moist condition.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman

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

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