cleester

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From 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

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cleester (plural cleesters)

  1. Any sticky or adhesive substance.
  2. A thick viscid mass; a large quantity of sputum or spittle, loogie.
  3. A person bedaubed with mire.

Verb

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cleester (third-person singular simple present cleesters, present participle cleesterin, simple past cleestert, past participle cleestert)

  1. (transitive) To smear with any sticky substance; bedaub; plaster with mud, tar, etc.
  2. (transitive) To besmirch.
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