slime eel

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slime eel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 \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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