mucus

• The words were enough to bring up some mucus, and Anna coughed once, and then again. —  The Spellsong War
• From the disgusting state of the dirt streets that ran with dull green putrescence to the sewer grates designed to carry off flash floods of mucus, the act of merely walking quickly degenerated into a detestable activity. —  A Triumph of Souls
• Her throat was clogged with mucus, and she coughed it clear. —  The Soprano Sorceress
• He's at the age where mucus is a daily companion, a culture of mucus among the old, mucus in a thousand manifestations, appearing in clots by total surprise on a friend's tablecloth, rimming his breath-passages at night in hard ven-turi, enough to darken the outlines of dreams and send him awake, pleading .... —  Gravity's Rainbow
• This mucus is a secretion from certain glands, and like the viscous material round the flower-stalks of Silene (catchfly) prevents small insects from infesting the leaves. —  The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes.

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