Ooze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oozed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Oozing.] [Prov.
Eng. weeze, wooz. See Ooze, n.] 1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a
liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass.
Thomson.
2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his
courage oozed out.
Ooze, v. t. To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.
||O`ö*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an egg + zo^,on an animal.]
||(Zoöl.) Same as Acrita.
Ooz"y (?), a. Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy
bed of a river. Pope.
O*pa"cate (?), v. t. [L. opacatus, p. p. of opacare.] To darken; to
cloud. [Obs.] Boyle.
O*pac"i*ty (?), n. [L. opacitas: cf.F. opacité.] 1. The state of being
opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays
of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.