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(), n.[OE. slim, AS. slm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slmen to make smooth, Icel. slm 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. 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.) Bitumen. [Archaic] Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3. 4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce. 5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith. Slime eel. (Zol.) See 1st Hag, 4. Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen. Slime (), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Slimed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Sliming.] To smear with slime. Tennyson. スポンサード リンク
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