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Webster 1913 Edition

Ooze

Ooze

,
Noun.
[OE.
wose
, AS.
wase
dirt, mire, mud, akin to
w[GREEK]s
juice, ooze, Icel.
vās
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.

Ooze

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Oozed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Oozing
.]
[Prov. Eng.
weeze
,
wooz
. See
Ooze
,
Noun.
]
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.

Ooze

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to ooze.
Alex. Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ooze

OOZE

,
Verb.
I.
ooz.
[The origin of this word is not easily ascertained. Heb. See Issue.]
To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance, or through small openings. Water oozes from the earth and through a filter.
The latent rill, scaree oozing through the grass.

OOZE

,
Noun.
1.
Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently or easily yield to pressure.
2.
Soft flow; spring.
3.
The liquor of a tan-vat.

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