4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slime \Slime\, n. [OE. slim, AS sl[=i]m; akin to D. slijm, G.
schleim MHG. sl[=i]men to make smooth, Icel. sl[=i]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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slime \Slime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slimed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Sliming}.]
To smear with slime. --Tennyson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
slime
n : any thick messy substance [syn: {sludge}, {goo}, {gook}, {guck},
{gunk}, {muck}, {ooze}]
v : cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Slime
(Gen. 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" R.V. marg., "bitumen"). The vale of
Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the "ark
of bulrushes" with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See {PITCH}.)
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