Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Thick river-mud; sludge; slime.
- To dip or ladle up, as water, broth, etc.
Examples
“In some places this ouze or sleech is very bright green, and in others of an orange-tawny colour.”
“In some places this _coral stone_ is covered by great quantities of green ouze or sleech, and in other places it is free from this growth.”
“Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.”
“Even with gravity on my side, I am not as fit as I used to be when I cycled to work every day back in the 1980s. sleech, the sludgy estuarine deposits on the banks of the Lagan.”
“_green_ ouze or sleech, the water above is greener even than the weeds; but where the shoals are of _red_ coral, or coral-stone covered by _red_ weeds, all the sea over them appears very _red_.”
Lists
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
Tweets
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rolig How do you outsleech a sleech? And isn't this a Dr. Seuss creature? Jun 9, 2011
ruzuzu Ha! Jun 9, 2011
sionnach Mister Sleech was out sleeching the sleech
When he let out a terrible screech
Cuz from out of the dregs
Stuck to each of his legs
Was a beastie that looked like a leech! Jun 9, 2011
ruzuzu 1. To dip or ladle up, as water, broth, etc.
2. Thick river-mud; sludge; slime.
Jun 9, 2011