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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC |
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OOZE (O. Eng. wdse, cognate with an obsolete waise, mud; cf. O. Nor. veisa, muddy pool) , the slime or mud at the bottom of a river, stream, especially of a tidal river or estuary , and so particularly used in deep-sea soundings of the deposit of fine calcareous mud, in which remains of foraminifera
present
ooze " is also used as a technical term
solution of oak bark or other substances which yield tannin . This word is in origin different from " ooze " in its first sense. It appears in O. Eng. as w6s, and meant the juice of plants
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