Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A thick semisolid
  • noun A clot (of blood)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells
  • noun a thick viscous liquid

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  • Not even close in meaning to its homophone, groom, unless picking scabs is your hobby.

    February 12, 2011