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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ooze  \Ooze\,  n.  (Oceanography) 
  A  soft  deposit  covering  large  areas  of  the  ocean  bottom, 
  composed  largely  or  mainly  of  the  shells  or  other  hard  parts 
  of  minute  organisms,  as  Foraminifera,  Radiolaria,  and 
  diatoms.  The  {radiolarian  ooze}  occurring  in  many  places  in 
  very  deep  water  is  composed  mainly  of  the  siliceous  skeletons 
  of  radiolarians,  calcareous  matter  being  dissolved  by  the 
  lage  percentage  of  carbon  dioxide  in  the  water  at  these 
  depths. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ooze  \Ooze\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Oozed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Oozing}.]  [Prov.  Eng.  weeze,  wooz.  See  {Ooze},  n.] 
  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ooze  \Ooze\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  ooze.  --Alex.  Smith. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ooze  \Ooze\,  n.  [OE.  wose,  AS  wase  dirt,  mire,  mud,  akin  to  w?s 
  juice,  ooze,  Icel.  v[=a]s  wetness,  OHG.  waso  turf,  sod,  G. 
  wasen.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ooze 
  n  1:  any  thick  messy  substance  [syn:  {sludge},  {slime},  {goo},  {gook}, 
  {guck},  {gunk},  {muck}] 
  2:  the  process  of  seeping  [syn:  {seepage},  {oozing}] 
  v  1:  pass  gradually  or  leak  through  or  as  if  through  small 
  openings  [syn:  {seep}] 
  2:  release  through  one's  pores,  as  of  sweat  [syn:  {exude},  {exudate}, 
  {transude},  {ooze  out}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  OOZE 
 
  Object  oriented  extension  of  Z.  "Object  Orientation  in  Z",  S. 
  Stepney  et  al  eds,  Springer  1992. 
 
 

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