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Ooze
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. "My son i' the ooze is bedded." Shak.
2. Soft flow; spring. Prior.
3. The liquor of a tan vat.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. Thomson.
2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.