Definition of Glareous

1. a. Glairy.

Definition of Glareous

1. Adjective. (archaic) glairy ¹

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Definition of Glareous

1. growing on gravel [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glareous

glanular hypospadias
glanville fritillaries
glanville fritillary
glaphenine
glare
glare filter
glare filters
glareal
glared
glareole
glareous (current term)
glares
glarier
glariest
glariness
glarinesses
glaring
glaringly
glaringness
glaringnesses
glark
glarked
glarking
glarks
glarney

Literary usage of Glareous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1908)
"Coagulable albumins have the property of assuming the glareous state, intermediate between solution and coagulation. In this condition they are insoluble in ..."

2. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal (1828)
"... from the bowels of a watery or glareous fluid ; this the author supposes to be occasioned, like similar discharges which sometimes occur in gastralgia, ..."

3. The Journal of a Naturalist by John Leonard Knapp (1831)
"The interior part consisted of a glareous matter like that of the hen, enveloping the young snake, imperfect, yet the eyes and form sufficiently defined. ..."

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