/ɡliːt/
- obsolete, uncountableStomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
- obsolete, uncountableAny slimy, viscous substance.
- intransitiveTo ooze, as gleet (noun sense); to flow in a thin, limpid humour.
“The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. e”
“[U]pon dilating a ſmall gleeting hole about three inches above the knee, on the outside of the thigh; and introducing a jointed or ſcrew probe, I found the bone carious to ſuch a height and withal the”
- intransitiveOf water: to flow slowly.
“[Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo ”
Formsglit(alternative) · gleets(present, singular, third-person) · gleeting(participle, present) · gleeted(participle, past) · gleeted(past)