cleester
Scots
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editEtymology
editFrom Dutch klijster, klister and/or German Low German Kliester, from Middle Low German klîster or Middle Dutch clister, from Old Saxon *klīstar or Old Dutch *clīstar, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *klīstr, from Proto-Germanic *klīstrą, from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“glue; to stick”).
Noun
editcleester (plural cleesters)
- Any sticky or adhesive substance.
- A thick viscid mass; a large quantity of sputum or spittle, loogie.
- A person bedaubed with mire.
Verb
editcleester (third-person singular simple present cleesters, present participle cleesterin, simple past cleestert, past participle cleestert)
- (transitive) To smear with any sticky substance; bedaub; plaster with mud, tar, etc.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
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