SLIME

See PITCH, and SEA 3.

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Slime. Slime
(Gen. 11:3; LXX., “asphalt;” R.V. marg., “bitumen”). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the “ark of bulrushes” with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See PITCH.)

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SLIME. → (A cement made of asphaltum) → The Valley of Siddim afforded Ge 14:10 → Used at Babel Ge 11:3 → Used in Noah' s ark Ge 6:14 → Used in the ark (small basket) of Moses when he was an infant Ex 2:3 → Flammable Isa 34:9

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slime. Slime, a. a glutinous substance, soft mud, mire

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Slime (?), n. [[OE. slim, AS. slīm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slīmen to make smooth, Icel. slīm slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. ���; or cf. L. limus mud.]] 1. 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
As it ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. Shak. 2. 2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
3. 3. (Script.) Bitumen.
Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3. 4. 4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.
5. 5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith.
Slime eel. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4. — Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.