Noah Webster
Ooze
OOZE, verb intransitive ooz. [The origin of this word is not easily ascertained. Heb. See Issue.]
To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance, or through small openings. Water oozes from the earth and through a filter.
The latent rill, scaree oozing through the grass.
OOZE, noun
1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently or easily yield to pressure.
2. Soft flow; spring.
3. The liquor of a tan-vat.