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▪ I. oozing, vbl. n.|ˈuːzɪŋ|
[f. ooze v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb ooze; also concr., that which oozes. Also fig.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiii. ii. (Tollem. MS.), Of swetynge and wosynge [1582 wosing] of chynes and dennes of þe erþe water spryngeþ. 1495Ibid. xvii. cxxi. (W. de W.) 683 Of the pyne appyll tree cometh droppyng and woosynge whyche is made harde wyth coldenesse..and soo tornyth in to a precyous stone that hyghte Electrum. 1695tr. Colbatch's New Lt. Chirurg. put out 28 The ouzing out of some little Blood. 1739C. Labelye Short Acc. Piers Westm. Bridge 50 The oozing in of the Water thro' the Pores and Interstices of the Gravel. 1820J. Scott in Lond. Mag. Jan., Like natural oozings from a mind gifted with..quick..feeling. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xix. iv. V. 466 Brooklets or muddy oozings wandering about.
▪ II. oozing, ppl. a.|ˈuːzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That oozes; exuding moisture, or as moisture.
1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 334 The Acrimony of the owzing Serum. 1878J. Kirkwood Serm. 371 It was only an oozing fountain. |