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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being mealy; softness or smoothness, with friableness and dryness to the touch or taste.
  • noun The quality of being mealy-mouthed.
  • noun In photography, a defect in silver-printing, in which the surface of the print presents a peculiar mottled appearance, due generally to a too weak sensitizing-bath.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being mealy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being mealy.

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