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.