Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ooze \Ooze\, n. (Oceanography)
   A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom,
   composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts
   of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and
   diatoms. The {radiolarian ooze} occurring in many places in
   very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons
   of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the
   lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these
   depths.