Definition of Glet
Gleet (?), n. [OE. glette,
glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.]
(Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane
of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.
Hoblyn.
Gleet, v. i. 1. To
flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.
Wiseman.
2. To flow slowly, as water.
Cheyne.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete except Scots) stomach mucus, especially of a hawk
- (obsolete except Scots) any slimy, viscous substance
- a urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhoea
*1980: ‘There was this Estella, a real drab, being given syph and gon and gleet by Augustus John, and Tommy has her living with him in that place of his in Earl's Court and going to a doctor, nothing wrong with her actually but there might well have been, and he never touches her, you know.' — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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