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brahmoism (medicine) and slime(1) (iou)


brahmoism (medicine)


brahmoism


The religious system of Brahmo-somaj.

Source: Websters Dictionary


slime(1) (iou)



slime noun.
[Old English slim = Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Middle High German slim (Dutch slijm, German Schleim phlegm, slime, mucus), Old Norse slim, from Germanic word rel. to Latin limus mud, slime, Greek limne marsh.]
Thick slippery mud; soft glutinous matter, esp. when noxious or unpleasant; mucus or a similar viscous secretion. OE.
S. Weyman The clinging slime and the reek of the marsh. R. Frame Snails trailed their silver slime.
b. spec. Natural bitumen. M16.
c. Mining. Powdered ore in the form of mud. M18.
d. Insoluble matter deposited at the anode in the electrolytic refining of copper etc. Also anode slime. E20.
fig. (The material of) the human body, considered as sinful or base; something morally filthy or disgusting. Also (slang), an obnoxious person. ME.
Spenser Th'eternall Lord in fleshly slime Enwombed was. Hazlitt Varnished over with the slime of servility.
Comb.: slime bacterium = MYXOBACTERIUM; slime-ball slang a repulsive or despicable person; slime-eel a hagfish; slime-flux a slimy excretion from diseased trees, the result of fungal or bacterial attacks; slime mould any spore-bearing micro-organism that secretes slime; spec. a myxomycete.