Slime (?), n. [OE. slim, AS.
slīm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG.
slīmen to make smooth, Icel. slīm 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
Slime (?), n. [OE. slim, AS.
slīm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG.
slīmen to make smooth, Icel. slīm 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
