Definition of Slime

Pronunciation: slīm
n.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.
Slime had they for mortar.
- Gen. xi. 3.
4.(Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
5.(Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
Slime eel
(Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Slime pit
a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
v. t.1.To smear with slime.
[imp. & p. p. Slimed (slīmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.]


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