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Pronunciation : Slime
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. slim, AS. slim; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slimen to make smooth, Icel. slim slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. limus mud.]
Definition : 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. Shak.

2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.

3. (Script.)

Defn: Bitumen. [Archaic] Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3.

4. pl. (Mining)

Defn: Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.

5. (Physiol.)

Defn: A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith. Slime eel. (Zo?l.) See 1st Hag, 4. -- Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slime
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To smear with slime. Tennyson.

t. [imp. & p. p. Slimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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