phlegm
phlegm is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
- 2.(Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. Crabb.
- 3.Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is phlegm.
- What is viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages called?
- What is a watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. Crabb called?
- What is sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. Pope called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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