3 entries under this word
(ōz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. OOZED; p. pr. & vb. n. OOZING.] [Prov. Eng. weeze. See infra.] To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance, or through small openings. The latent rill, scarce oozing through the grass. Thomson.
(ōōz), v. t. To cause to flow forth gently; to cause to percolate, or pass as a liquid, slowly through pores or small openings; to drop; to shed; to distill.
The hardest eyes Oozed pitying dews. A. Smith.
(ōz), n. [Cf. Prov. Eng. ouse, the liquor in a tanner's vat, A-S. wōs, juice, ooze, broth, wase, dirt, mire, mud, wōsig, oozy, juicy, moist, O. Fries. & D. wase, mud, Icel. veisa, sewer, ditch, pool.]