Word Meanings - SLIME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bitumen. Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3. 4. pl. (more info) MHG. slimen to make smooth, Icel. slim slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. As it ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime

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Bitumen. Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3. 4. pl. (more info) MHG. slimen to make smooth, Icel. slim slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. As it 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.

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• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• QUALITY
  1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
• MOISTNESS
  The quality or state of being moist.
• EARTHSTAR
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• EARTHBRED
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• EARTHBANK
  A bank or mound of earth.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• MOISTURE
  1. A moderate degree of wetness. Bacon. 2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. Shak.
• EARTHQUAVE
  An earthquake.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• MOISTURELESS
  Without moisture.
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.