Bible Dictionaries
Mucous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.

(2):

(a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mucous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mucous.html. 1828.