n. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently or yield easily to pressure.n. Specifically Fine calcareous mud found covering extensive areas of the floor of the ocean. This deposit is largely made up of the remains of Foraminifera.n. A soft flow; a slow spring; that which oozes.n. In tanning, a solution of tannin obtained by infusing or boiling oak-bark, sumac, catechu, or other tannin-yielding vegetable; the liquor of a tan-vat.To flow as ooze; percolate, as a liquid, through the pores of a substance, or through small openings; flow in small quantities from the pores of a body: often used figuratively.To drip; be wet, as with water leaking through.To emit in the shape of moisture; drip.n. The short fibers on the surface of cotton thread, usually burned off in manufacture.