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sliminess|ˈslaɪmɪnɪs|
Also 6 slymy-, slymines.
[f. as slimily adv. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being slimy; slimy character or consistency.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regiment O j b, Greatte estates haue them [carps] sodde in wyne, and so the slymynes is done away. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 184 The slymines of the earth and water. 1615H. Crooke Body of Man 51 This is prooued by..the lentor or sliminesse of their substance. 1662R. Mathew Unl. Alch. §9. 5 We find it so potent in cleansing all Windiness, Sliminess, Stone or Gravel. 1742H. Baker Microsc. ii. x. 122 The Sliminess of the Eel will immediately foul the Glass. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXIII. 253 The sliminess [of the snail] is considered as the greatest delicacy. 1846Hawthorne Mosses fr. Manse i. vii. 139 It impressed the beholder with an association of sliminess. |