2. Noun. (plural of ooze) ¹
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Definition of Oozes
1. ooze [v] - See also: ooze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oozes
Literary usage of Oozes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of a Southern Refugee: During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough McGuire (1889)
"Poor fellows! their life's blood oozes out in a great cause But our church !
"Will she ever lift her head From dust, and darkness, and the dead? ..."
2. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1903)
"WHITE CHALK AS COMPARED WITH RECENT CALCAREOUS oozes. In dealing with the Lower
Chalk we ventured to compare its material with the calcareous oozes now ..."
3. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"FORAMINIFERA AND FORAMINIFERAL oozes AND LIMESTONES The name Foraminifera is
given to one of the classes of the lowest group of animals, the Protozoa, ..."
4. Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific by John Randolph Spears (1892)
"crust, formed on the deposit, continually increases in quantity—it oozes up from
below and forms a crust over the surface. The carbonate of soda, ..."