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Slime (sl&ī;m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl&ī;m; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl&ī;men to make smooth, Icel. sl&ī;m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; or cf. L. limus mud.] 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.
Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith.
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Slime eel. (Zo&ö;l.) See 1st Hag, 4. -- Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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Slime (sl&ī;m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slimed (sl&ī;md); p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.] To smear with slime. Tennyson.
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