From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish,
levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality;
viscous mud.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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{Slime eel}. (Zool.) See 1st {Hag}, 4.
{Slime pit}, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slimed}
(sl[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sliming}.]
To smear with slime. --Tennyson.
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