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noun
Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: except Scots
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noun
Any slimy, viscous substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: except Scots
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noun
A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable, vulgar
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verb
To ooze, as gleet (noun sense); to flow in a thin, limpid humour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Of water: to flow slowly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering
History
Old French glette.
