ooze

Definitions

1. 1.Soft flow; spring. Prior.
2. 2.The liquor of a tan vat.
3. 3.To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. Thomson.
4. 4.Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
5. 5.To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. Thomson called?
• What is fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out called?