rheum
a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
catarrh; cold.
Origin of rheum
1Other words from rheum
- rheumic, adjective
Words Nearby rheum
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How to use rheum in a sentence
The rheum still, sir, nothing else; I should be well seasoned, for mine eyes lie in brine.
"rheum'tics done gone foh good, Ma'y Weeze," he said, his round face all smiles.
Mary Louise in the Country | L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)The sun had warmed her body somewhat, and the glistening rheum of frost had melted from all three.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | VariousHe turned toward me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication.
The finest species of the family is the Himalayan rheum nobile, but it is exceedingly difficult to grow.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
British Dictionary definitions for rheum
/ (ruːm) /
a watery discharge from the eyes or nose
Origin of rheum
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