What is fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out called?
ooze — Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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