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† ˈgleimous, a. Obs. rare.
In 4 gleymouse. 5 -ows(e, glaymous.
[f. gleim n. + -ous.]
Sticky, slimy; full of rheum or phlegm. (Cf. engleimous.)
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxxv. (1495) 725 Redde wyne clensyth and wypyth and puttyth awaye vnclennesse and gleymouse humours. c1440Promp. Parv. 198/2 Gleymowse, or full of rewme, reumaticus. Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus. 1486Bk. St. Albans A iij b, For sum gobbit will be yolow and sum grene and sum glaymous and sum cleere..It [this euell] wil arise in the hede and make the hede to swell & the iyen all glaymous and dyrke. 1676–1732Coles, Glaymous, muddy and clammy. 1730–90in Bailey.
Hence † ˈgleimousness, stickiness.
c1440Promp. Parv. 198/2 Gleymowsenesse, or lymowsnesse, limositas, viscositas. 1727Bailey vol. II, Glaymousness, Muddiness, Clamminess. |