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gleety, a.|ˈgliːtɪ|
Also 5 (9 dial.) gletty, 9 Sc. glittie.
[f. gleet n. + -y1.]
1. Slimy. Obs. exc. Sc. and north.
1483Cath. Angl. 159/1 Gletty, viscosus. 1820Edin. Mag. May VI. 423/2 The water-asks, sae cauld and saft, Crawl'd ower the glittie flure. 1820Hogg Wint. Even. T. II. 71 The sei-mawe couris on his glittye stene, For it's greine withe the dewe of the jaupyng maine. 1856Aird Poet. Wks. 22 The outer wheel still black Though sleek with gleety green—Is doing duty. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Gleety, green and slimy, applied to the appearance of stagnant water.
2. Of the nature of gleet.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 484 The frequent and involuntary secretion of a gleety matter. 1861Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 273 One of the earliest symptoms of organic stricture is generally a gleety discharge from the urethra. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder 82 In inveterate cases, there is a discharge of thin gleety matter from the bladder. |