Slime eel

Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
   h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
   hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
   same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
   woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
   1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
      "[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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   2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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   3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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   4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
      glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
      mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
      openings. It is the type of the order {Hyperotreta}.
      Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
      {sleepmarken}.
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   5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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   6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
      man's hair. --Blount.
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   {Hag moth} (Zool.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the larva
      of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
      trees.

   {Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
      matting or pointing.
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Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
   D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
   sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish,
   levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
   1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality;
      viscous mud.
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            As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
            Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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   2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
      nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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   3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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            Slime had they for mortar.            --Gen. xi. 3.
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   4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
      preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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   5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
      bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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   {Slime eel}. (Zool.) See 1st {Hag}, 4.

   {Slime pit}, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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