glairy

[ glair-ee ]

adjective

, glair·i·er, glair·i·est.

1. of the nature of glair; viscous.
2. covered with glair.

Other Words From

• glairi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of glairy¹

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

Example Sentences

A few hours afterwards the submaxillary, parotid, and all glands situated about the head and neck were greatly enlarged; from the nostrils and gums, a clear, mucous discharge ran down; the eyes were glairy, with the pupils greatly dilated, and the coat was rough and staring.

From Nature

The white of the egg is without taste or smell, of a viscid, glairy consistence, readily dissolving in water, coagulable by acids, by spirits of wine, and by a temperature of one hundred and sixty-five degrees, Fahrenheit.

From Project Gutenberg

The colloid exudations are glairy, semi-solid, jelly-like masses, infiltrating the tissues.

From Project Gutenberg

The matters vomited consist of the ingesta colored with bile, of glairy mucus tinged with bile, or of green bile, sometimes in considerable quantity.

From Project Gutenberg

It is also usually associated with the specific glairy discharge from the nose, the nasal ulcers and nodules, and the enlarged painless, nodular, and indolent submaxillary lymphatic glands.

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