'Slime pit' definitions:

Definition of 'Slime pit'

From: GCIDE
  • Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel. sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
  • 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. [1913 Webster]
  • As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. --Pryce. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.
  • Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen. [1913 Webster]