slimingn.
1. (See quots.)
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > excreting or excretion of
mutessinga1475
sliming1614
1614 S. Latham Falconry Explan. Wordes sig. ¶3 Sliming, is when a Hawke muteth from her longwaies in one intire substance; and doth not drop any part thereof.
1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 41 [The cobra] then gave [the hawk]..another sliming and soon made a meal of him.
2. Mining. The reduction of ore to slime (slime n. 4).
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > excavating or dressing ore > dressing ore > specific methods or minerals
spalling1758
tozing1789
concentration1835
trunking1838
concentrating1872
all-sliming1905
stampage1910
sliming1920
1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 26/2 All-sliming, crushing all the ore in a mill to so fine a state of subdivision that only a small percentage will fail to pass through a 200-mesh screen.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. v. 56/1 The fine grinding which was necessary to liberate the gold caused losses in scheelite through sliming.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
slimingadj.
rare.
Defiling with slime; slimy.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > slimy > dirtying with slime
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a1400–50 Alexander 4456 Þus make ȝe vessels in vayne to ȝoure foule corses,..Þat ilk slymand slugh, quen ȝe ere slide hyne.
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