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glaur

/ɡlaʊə/US/ɡlaʊɚ/

glaur noun: mud, slime, mire.

Noun

glaur

  1. Mud, slime, mire.
    • ’twas all there in the Stars, the whole miserable story, but did I pay attention? Nooaahh...I was regretting the Sixpence, a fool with his eyes in the glaur.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 229

Origin of glaur

From Scots glaur, from Middle Scots glar, of unknown origin.

Words formed from glaur

Questions about glaur

What does glaur mean?
Glaur means mud, slime, mire.
What part of speech is glaur?
Glaur is a noun.
How do you pronounce glaur?
Glaur is pronounced /ɡlaʊə/ (UK).

Words near glaur in the dictionary

  1. glaums
  2. glaunc'd
  3. glaunce
  4. glaunces
  5. glaunst
  6. glaur
  7. glaury
  8. Glauser
  9. Glausers
  10. Glavacioc
  11. Glavan

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