Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ooze"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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