Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of the nature of, caused by, or affected with glanders.

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

  • adjective Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.

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

  • adjective Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders

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Examples

  • He left an oozy channel drying (like a glanderous sponge) in August; and virulent fever came into his tent.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • The autopsy showed the existence of a number of old glanderous nodules in the lungs which must have existed previous to purchase, more than a year before.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • He left an oozy channel drying (like a glanderous sponge) in August; and virulent fever came into his tent.

    Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale 1862

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