Ooze
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To cause to ooze.
(2): ( n.) Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
(3): ( n.) Soft flow; spring.
(4): ( n.) The liquor of a tan vat.
(5): ( n.) A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and diatoms. The radiolarian ooze occurring in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these depths.
(6): ( n.) To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
(7): ( n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
King James Dictionary [2]
Ooze, 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, n.
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.
