Phlegm
n.
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One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
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Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages. (Physiol.)
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A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. (Old Chem.)
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Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm.