glairy

glairy
glairiness, n.
/glair"ee/, adj., glairier, glairiest.
1. of the nature of glair; viscous.
2. covered with glair.
Also, glaireous /glair"ee euhs/.
[1655-65; GLAIR + -Y1]

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