English

Etymology
OF. term|glette|lang=ang.

Pronunciation
IPA|/gli:t/

Noun
en-noun|-

1. obsolete|except Scots stomach|Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
2. obsolete|except Scots Any slimy, viscous substance.
3. vulgar|slang 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

Scots

Noun
sco-noun|-

1. stomach|Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
2. Any slimy, viscous substance.

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