Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
      preparatory dressing. --Pryce.

   5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
      bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.

   {Slime eel}. (Zo["o]l.) See 1st {Hag}, 4.

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