What's the difference between glair and glairy?

Glair


Definition:

  • (a.) The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.
  • (a.) Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.
  • (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
  • (v. t.) To smear with the white of an egg.

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Glairy


Definition:

  • (a.) Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The complaints were: anorectal pain, rectal bleeding and stools mixed with glairy material.

Words possibly related to "glair"

Words possibly related to "glairy"