slime
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slime englanniksi
Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
(RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra)
Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
(quote-book)|passage=You ſhould rub your Teeth and whole Mouth and Gums, the Pallate and Tongue, with a clean courſe cloth, rubbing off the ſlime which groweth upon them in the night.|year=1680|author=T. K.|page=44|section=How to cleanſe the Teeth, and keep them ſound|pageurl=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Kitchin_Physician_Or_a_Guide_for_Goo/efpmAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA44|url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Kitchin_Physician_Or_a_Guide_for_Goo/efpmAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
(syn of)
(hyponyms)
A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
(quote-book)
{{quote-text|en|year=2005|author=G. E. Nordell|title=Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery
Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene) th'eternall Lord in fleshly slime / Enwombed was, from wretched Adams line / To purge away the guilt of sinfull crime (..)
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(RQ:King James Version)
To coat with slime.
(RQ:Allingham China Governess)’
To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person.