online medical dictionary | definition of ooze

Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992.

(03 Feb 2009)

1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. "My son i' the ooze is bedded."

2. Soft flow; spring.

3. The liquor of a tan vat.

Origin: OE. Wose, AS. Wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to ws juice, ooze, Icel. Vas wetness, OHG. Waso turf, sod, G. Wasen.

(01 Mar 1998)