cleester

== Scots == === Alternative forms === kleester, cleister, claister, klyster, clystre, klister, klester === Etymology === 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 === cleester (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 === cleester (third-person singular simple present cleesters, present participle cleesterin, simple past and past participle cleestert) (transitive) To smear with any sticky substance; bedaub; plaster with mud, tar, etc. (transitive) To besmirch. ==== Related terms ==== clay