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slime eel
(gcide) | Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
"[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta.
Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and
sleepmarken.
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5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
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Hag moth (Zool.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva
of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
trees.
Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
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Slime eel
(gcide) | Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish,
levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality;
viscous mud.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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slime eels
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Slime eel
(gcide) | Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
"[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta.
Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and
sleepmarken.
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5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
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Hag moth (Zool.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva
of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
trees.
Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
[1913 Webster]Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish,
levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality;
viscous mud.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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slime eels
(wn) | slime eels
n 1: eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a
round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or
trapped fishes by boring into their bodies [syn: hagfish,
hag, slime eels] |
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