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Pronunciation : Ooze
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w juice, ooze, Icel. vas wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ooze
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See Ooze, n.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Oozed; p.pr. & vb.n. Oozing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ooze
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913