slimen.
/slʌɪm/, U.S. /slaɪm/ 1.
a. Soft glutinous mud; alluvial ooze; viscous matter deposited or collected on stones, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > slime
slimea1000
gleet1340
slobber1440
ook1969
the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > sliminess > slimy matter
slimea1000
slemc1450
todder1881
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > deposited by river or sea
oozeeOE
slimea1000
slitch?a1475
sleech1587
sludge1649
slob1748
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 195 Borbus, cena, slim.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 439 Limus, slim.
c1150 Cant. Ps. lxvii. 2 Afestnod ic æm on..slim dipæ.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 338 Anonriȝt þe se wende aȝein, with watur and with slyme.
a1300 Early Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter lxviii. 2 I am festened in slime [that] depe esse.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 133 Nilus..bycause of slym þat renneþ þerwith..makeþ þe londe fatte.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 762 See slyme..and slyme of flood, With other donge ymynged, is right good.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 191 God wold not fourm woman of the Slyme as he dud man.
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 8v/1 Slyme or mud in water, dicitur limus.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A6 As when old father Nilus gins to swell..His fattie waues doe fertile slime outwell.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H2v Let him feede on slime That smeares the dungeon cheeke.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 134 The teeming Tide..Makes green the Soyl with Slime, and black prolific Sands. View more context for this quotation
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 244 The struggling of the fish, in order to extricate itself at first from the slime.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 24 An oily slime, found in the bottoms of ditches and of weedy pools.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxxiii. 455 A greenish slime overspread the lower portions of the wall, and coated the uneven pavement.
1894 S. J. Weyman My Lady Rotha xxiii The clinging slime and the reek of the marsh.
b. Applied to bitumen.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > bitumen > asphalt
asphalt1366
glue1382
botemayc1400
pitcha1425
bitumena1464
slime1530
Jews' lime1543
Jews' pitch1562
Jews'-slime1640
tar1747
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [noun] > bitumen or pitch
glue1382
botemayc1400
pitcha1425
slime1530
bitumen1605
tar1747
1530 W. Tyndale Prol. 5 Bks. Moses in Wks. 6/2 That slyme was a fatnesse that issued out of the earth, like vnto tarre; and thou mayst call it cement, if thou wilte.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xi. A They toke bryck for stone, & slyme for morter.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xv The very clammie slime Bitumen.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 298 The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor..And with Asphaltic slime . View more context for this quotation
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iii. §vii. 97 Norden describes the Ægyptian..architecture as differing from the Roman, being of mud and slime.
1853 A. H. Layard Discov. Nineveh & Babylon ix. 202 To bring fresh slime to the surface, the Arabs threw large stones into the springs.
2.
a. A viscous substance or fluid of animal or vegetable origin; mucus, semen, etc.
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the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap
oozeeOE
sapOE
milkOE
slime?c1225
juicec1290
humoura1398
opiuma1398
watera1425
sop1513
afion1542
suc1551
suck1560
ab1587
lymph1682
blood1690
fluid1705
humidities1725
succus1771
plant milk1896
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > viscous fluid
slime?c1225
mucilage?a1425
viscidityc1720
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Nart þu icumen of ful slim.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 191 Þare feol out of eiþer eiȝe Fuylþe ase þei it were slym.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 334 Þei coruen hit of me & wosch awei mi slym.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 9115 A lyknesse off ordure, And a statue off slyym vnclene.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Slyme of fysshe, lymon.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 291 The Decoction of Betonie..doth clense and scoure the breast and lunges from flegme and slyme.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 434 Tenches..with their gluttinous slime.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 219 Like that slime which the snaile leaues when it creepes.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 195 Too frequent Rains infect them with Slime and Snivel.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 167 The earth-worm..takes hold by the slime of the fore part of its body.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 110 Branches shaped like a worm, filled with slime containing granulations.
1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) I. 200 The discharge thrown up consists of acrid slime and porraceous bile.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 180 The masses of starch containing slime..have not yet been discovered in the plants in question.
b. Applied to star-jelly (see jelly n.1 2b).
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc
star slime1440
slime1471
nostoc?1609
star shot1653
star1666
star jelly1702
shot star1811
witches' meat1849
will-o'-the-wisp1863
witches' butter1922
1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Brit. (1652) 191 The Slyme of Sterrs that falleth to the grownde.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. E6 Like to a meteor, whose materiall Is low unwieldy earth, base unctuous slime.
1656 A. Cowley Misc. 28 in Poems So Stars appear to drop to us from skie,..But when they fall..What but a sordid Slime is found?
3. figurative.
a. Applied disparagingly to the human body, to man in general, or to single persons.
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the world > people > [noun]
maneOE
worldOE
all fleshc1000
mankinOE
earthOE
little worldc1175
man's kinda1200
mankinda1225
worldrichec1275
slimec1315
kindc1325
world1340
sectc1400
humanityc1450
microcosma1475
peoplea1500
the human kindred?1533
race1553
homo1561
humankind1561
universality1561
deadly?1590
mortality1598
rational1601
vicegerent1601
small world1604
flesh and blooda1616
mannity1621
human race1623
universea1645
nations1667
public1699
the species1711
Adamhood1828
Jock Tamson's bairns1832
folx1833
Bimana1839
human1841
peeps1847
menfolk1870
manfolk1876
amniota1879
peoplekind1956
personkind1972
the world > life > the body > [noun]
lichamc888
bodyeOE
earthOE
lichOE
bone houseOE
dustc1000
fleshOE
utter mana1050
bonesOE
bodiȝlichc1175
bouka1225
bellyc1275
slimec1315
corpsec1325
vesselc1360
tabernaclec1374
carrion1377
corsec1386
personc1390
claya1400
carcass1406
lump of claya1425
sensuality?a1425
corpusc1440
God's imagea1450
bulka1475
natural body1526
outward man1526
quarrons1567
blood bulk1570
skinfula1592
flesh-rind1593
clod1595
anatomy1597
veil1598
microcosm1601
machine1604
outwall1608
lay part1609
machina1612
cabinet1614
automaton1644
case1655
mud wall1662
structure1671
soul case1683
incarnation1745
personality1748
personage1785
man1830
embodiment1850
flesh-stuff1855
corporeity1865
chassis1930
soma1958
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused
warlockOE
swinec1175
beastc1225
wolf's-fista1300
avetrolc1300
congeonc1300
dirtc1300
slimec1315
snipec1325
lurdanc1330
misbegetc1330
sorrowa1350
shrew1362
jordan1377
wirlingc1390
frog?a1400
warianglea1400
wretcha1400
horcop14..
turdc1400
callet1415
lotterela1450
paddock?a1475
souter1478
chuff?a1500
langbain?c1500
cockatrice1508
sow1508
spink1508
wilrone1508
rook?a1513
streaker?a1513
dirt-dauber?1518
marmoset1523
babiona1529
poll-hatcheta1529
bear-wolf1542
misbegotten1546
pig1546
excrement1561
mamzer1562
chuff-cat1563
varlet1566
toada1568
mandrake1568
spider1568
rat1571
bull-beef1573
mole-catcher1573
suppository1573
curtal1578
spider-catcher1579
mongrela1585
roita1585
stickdirta1585
dogfish1589
Poor John1589
dog's facec1590
tar-boxa1592
baboon1592
pot-hunter1592
venom1592
porcupine1594
lick-fingers1595
mouldychaps1595
tripe1595
conundrum1596
fat-guts1598
thornback1599
land-rat1600
midriff1600
stinkardc1600
Tartar1600
tumbril1601
lobster1602
pilcher1602
windfucker?1602
stinker1607
hog rubber1611
shad1612
splay-foot1612
tim1612
whit1612
verdugo1616
renegado1622
fish-facea1625
flea-trapa1625
hound's head1633
mulligrub1633
nightmare1633
toad's-guts1634
bitch-baby1638
shagamuffin1642
shit-breech1648
shitabed1653
snite1653
pissabed1672
bastard1675
swab1687
tar-barrel1695
runt1699
fat-face1740
shit-sack1769
vagabond1842
shick-shack1847
soor1848
b1851
stink-pot1854
molie1871
pig-dog1871
schweinhund1871
wind-sucker1880
fucker1893
cocksucker1894
wart1896
so-and-so1897
swine-hound1899
motherfucker1918
S.O.B.1918
twat1922
mong1926
mucker1929
basket1936
cowson1936
zombie1936
meatball1937
shower1943
chickenshit1945
mugger1945
motherferyer1946
hooer1952
morpion1954
mother1955
mother-raper1959
louser1960
effer1961
salaud1962
gunk1964
scunge1967
c1315 Shoreham iv. 112 Þat doþ þat mannes body ybered Nys bote a lyte slym.
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 565 Saynt Bernard says..Þat ‘man here es nathyng elles Bot a foule slyme’.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 2 He ys not but a wryche and slyme of erth.
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. xiv. 209 Lerne, thou erth & slyme, to humble the.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y3 What time th'eternall Lord in fleshly slime Enwombed was.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. v. sig. K2v Ant. Scum of the mud of hell. Alb. Slime of all filth.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xv. 69 Dares mortal Slime..expresse What ev'n Celestials do confesse Is inexpressible?
b. Applied to what is morally filthy or otherwise disgusting.
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society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > moral foulness > that which is
filthOE
worthinga1225
dung?c1225
slime1585
sewerage1859
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > something which disgusts
slime1585
ipecacuanhaa1763
nastiness1831
sickener1853
disgustant1866
muck1882
pig's breakfast1933
ick1947
yuck1966
merde1968
scuzz1968
turn-off1975
put-off1977
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. x. 156 Now that Christ hath cleansed vs from our sinne, let vs not swinelike returne to wallowe in that slime againe.
1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes K j Art, like yong grasse.., was glad to peepe vp through any slime of corruption.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 2178 Drunkennesse, whose putrefactious slime Darkens the splendour of our common wealth.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. iii. 66 It is varnished over with the slime of servility.
1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 15 What raised This wallower in old slime to noblest heights.
4.
a. Mining. Finely crushed or powdered metallic ore in the form of mud.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > crushed ore
knock-bark1653
schlich1677
slick1683
sludge1757
slime1758
pulp1837
debris1871
slum1874
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 180 Thus the slimes are finished, and brought to as great a degree of purity as the size of the tin..will permit.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 226 Leavings of Tin..consist of slime and tails.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 751 The metallic slime being first floated in the water of the trough, then flows out and is deposited in the tank.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 205 The ore, on issuing forth, deposits its rough in the first basin, and its slimes in the following basins.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 415 By slimes or slums I do not mean to include any slimes whatever from the pan-tailings.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 415 The slimes here spoken of..have never been worked at all.
b. Also anode slime. The deposit of insoluble material formed at the anode in the electrolytic refining of copper and some other metals; = anode mud n. at anode n. Compounds 2.
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the world > matter > chemistry > ions, ionization, or electrolysis > [noun] > electrolysis > anode slime
anode slime1902
anode mud1922
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrolysis > [noun] > residue
sludge1900
anode slime1902
anode mud1922
1902 J. McCrae tr. Arrhenius Text-bk. Electrochem. xvi. 276 The other impurities, such as gold, silver,..and lead, remain undissolved, or form insoluble compounds..and falling from the anode, collect in the so-called anode slime.
1935 W. A. Koehler Princ. & Applic. Electrochem. II. xxiii. 170 A large part of the silver produced is obtained from the slimes which are a by-product from the electrorefining of baser metals, especially from the refining of copper, lead, nickel, and zinc.
1954 M. C. Sneed et al. Comprehensive Inorg. Chem. II. ii. 128 Copper refinery slime is a dirty-black mixture of very finely divided copper and metallic and nonmetallic anode impurities.
1969 H. T. Evans tr. G. Hägg Gen. & Inorg. Chem. xxxvi. 749 Silver and gold by-products of the production of copper are collected in the anode slime during copper electrolysis.
5. technical. (See quot. 1839.)
ΚΠ
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1164 The thin stuff, called slimes, upon the surface of the starch, is removed by a tray of a peculiar form.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations.
a. In sense 1, as slime-bank, slime-bath, slime lagoon; slime-browned, etc.
ΚΠ
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. v. sig. E2 Floud with red-growne slime bankes.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 241 Here is also..a muddy bath. [margin] Slime bath.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ix. 370 Each joyful sailor..with firm tugs the rollers from the brine, Reluctant dragg'd, the slime-brown'd anchors raise.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. ix. 148 I saw the boat..waiting for them at the slime-washed stairs.
1877 J. Ruskin St. Mark's Rest i. ii. 23 The crocodile,..slime-begotten of old.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 338 More specimens of those awful slime lagoons.
b. In sense 2, as slime-gland, slime-pore, slime-track; slime-secreting adj.
ΚΠ
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 23 As the snail cannot but leave a slime track behind.
1883 Science 1 433/2 A terminal slime-gland accentuated by a short deep groove.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 570 A ciliated slime-secreting band.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. VI. 344 The hinder end of the foot..terminating in a conspicuous mucus or slime-pore.
c. In sense 4, as slime-ore, slime-table, slime-tin, slime-yard; slimes dam (South African); slime-coated adj., slime-separator, slime-silvered adj., etc.
ΚΠ
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 238 It still retains much dirt and mud, whence it is called Slime Ore.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 238 It may be trunked..the same as slime Tin.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 414 The shaking collects the floured and slime-coated quicksilver.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 415 In such cases it is necessary to build slime-yards outside the mill.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2210/2 Slime-separator.
1927 J. Joyce On Beach at Fontana in Pomes Penyeach A senile sea numbers each single Slimesilvered stone.
1956 Archit. Rev. 120 48/3 There are three main varieties of dump, the sand dumps.., the rock dumps.., and the slimes dams, 50 to 100 feet high, covering wide areas, flat-topped.
1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Mag.) 11/5 That square outline you see at the corner of what looks like a Witwatersrand slimes dam is, in fact, the remains of a Roman army camp.
C2. Special combinations.
slime-eel n. (see quots.).
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the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Myxinoidei or genus Myxine > member of (hagfish)
hag1777
hagfish1799
myxinoid1846
slime-eel1860
sea-hag1881
borer1884
1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea v. 129 The Slime Eel (Myxine glutinosa) bears a great likeness to the Lamprey.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 681 The ‘Slime Eel’..is found on the Atlantic coast north of Cape Cod.
slime-flux n. a slimy excretion on trees.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > slimy substance on
slime-flux1897
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 141 According to Ludwig, species of Endomyces have much to do with the slime-flux of trees.
slime-fungi n. = Myxomycetes n.
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the world > life > biology > organism > slime moulds > [noun]
Myxogastres1838
Mycetozoa1860
Myxomycetes1860
myxomycete1877
slime-moulds1880
mycetozoan1881
mycetozoon1885
slime-fungi1897
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 523 The vegetative body of the Slime-fungi consists of naked protoplasm without a firm membrane.
slime-head n. a fish of the sub-family Berycoidea.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Beryciformes > member of family Berycidae
slime-head1896
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 353 The Berycoids or Slime-Heads.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 353 The slime-heads..are all marine fishes, with a practically cosmopolitan distribution.
slime-moulds n. = slime-fungi n.
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the world > life > biology > organism > slime moulds > [noun]
Myxogastres1838
Mycetozoa1860
Myxomycetes1860
myxomycete1877
slime-moulds1880
mycetozoan1881
mycetozoon1885
slime-fungi1897
1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 170 Even in the lowest plants, the Slime Moulds..will contract into rounded masses.
1899 Nature 21 Dec. 173/2 We do not think that the adoption of the name ‘slime moulds’ is a happy one.
slime-sponge n. (see quot. 1883).
ΚΠ
1883 W. S. Kent in Fisheries Bahamas 38 The skeletonless Slime-sponge (Halisarca Dujardinii) more usually resembles..dabs of red-currant jelly scattered upon the surface of the rocks or seaweeds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slimev.1
/slʌɪm/, U.S. /slaɪm/ 1. transitive. To smear or cover with slime.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with slime
beslime1602
slime1628
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxi. sig. M3 Like the Crocodile, he slimes thy way, to make thee fall.
1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. i. 23 Dawbing the inside of the Court like Snails, Sliming our Walls, and pricking out your Horns.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 302 Your lawless Mississippi, now who slimes And drowns and desolates his waste of climes.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 264 The snake..commenced, with his forked tongue,..to slime his victim all over.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 119 The knights..sank his head in mire, and slimed themselves.
2.
a. To make (one's way) in a slimy fashion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling
worm1822
to writhe one's way1836
swiggle1837
slime1842
wriggle1863
snake1879
1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 374 Stealthily, serpently, he slimed his way Unto the pay-master.
b. intransitive. To crawl slimily; to become slimy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > move along with hands and feet or with body prone [verb (intransitive)] > creep or crawl > slimily
slime1851
1851 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 146/2 The happy insouciance of a snail ‘sliming’ up the side of the Parthenon.
3. technical. To clear (skins, fish, etc.) of slimy matter by scraping.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scraper > clean by scraping [verb (transitive)] > scrape clean of slime
slime1723
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. R5v To fry Lampries. Bleed them, preserve their Blood, slime them, and cut them in Pieces.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 86 Slime your Tenches.
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 203 The skins are removed to a beam and there ‘slimed’, that is, scraped on the flesh side to remove a slimy substance which exudes from the pores.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slimev.2
/slʌɪm/, U.S. /slaɪm/ Harrow School slang.
intransitive. To move in a gliding, stealthy, or sneaking manner.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > softly or stealthily
creepc1175
skulk?c1225
stealc1374
slipc1400
sneak1598
crawl1623
snake1848
slime1898
oil1925
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)]
besteala725
snikec897
steal1154
creepc1175
skulk?c1225
snaker?c1225
stalkc1300
slenchc1330
lurka1375
slinkc1374
snokec1380
slide1382
slipc1400
mitchera1575
sneak1598
snake1818
sly1825
snoop1832
to steal one's way1847
sniggle1881
gumshoe1897
slime1898
pussyfoot1902
soft-foot1913
cat-foot1916
pussy1919
pussa1953
1898 E. W. Howson & G. T. Warner Harrow School 282 His ‘house~beak’ ‘slimed’ (went round quietly) and ‘twug’ him.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill i When he does come over on our side of the House, he slimes about in carpet slippers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† slimev.3
Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning uncertain.)
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c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8096 Hit pleaside hir priuely, playntyde ho noght, Let hit slip from hyr slyly, slymyt þerat.
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