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)

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

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.

Related terms

• clay