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from The Century Dictionary.

To dip or ladle up, as water, broth, etc.
noun Thick river-mud; sludge; slime.

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In some places this ouze or sleech is very bright green, and in others of an orange-tawny colour.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784
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.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784
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.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
Belfast is built on sleech, but apparently "unforeseen underground conditions" are causing problems in Londonderry too.

Slugger O'Toole 2009
_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_.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784
He had a very high-pitched voice with a slight Manx twang and tended to speak in the local dialect (‘sacret’ instead of ‘secret’ and ‘sleech’ instead of ‘sneak’).

Bee Wilson · I am the fifth dimension! Gef the Talking Mongoose · LRB 26 July 2017 Bee Wilson 2023

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ruzuzu commented on the word sleech

1. To dip or ladle up, as water, broth, etc.
2. Thick river-mud; sludge; slime.

June 9, 2011
sionnach commented on the word sleech

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!

June 9, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word sleech

Ha!

June 9, 2011
rolig commented on the word sleech

How do you outsleech a sleech? And isn't this a Dr. Seuss creature?

June 9, 2011