01 n. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
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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.
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2.
Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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Bitumen.(Script.) [Archaic]“Slime had they for mortar.” — Gen. xi. 3.
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4.
Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.(Mining)
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A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.(Physiol.)
Phrases & compounds
Slime pit —
a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.