gleet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea

WordNet


Gleet noun
Etymology
OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.
Gleet intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.
  2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.

Webster 1913