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ooze1 †juice, sap OE.; liquor of a tan vat, decoction of bark XVI; (from the vb.) exudation XVIII. OE. wōs, corr. to MLG. wōs(e) scum, ON. vás. Cf. next.
Hence ooze vb. exude, cause to exude XIV; percolate as through pores XVIII. ME. wōse. Now assoc. with OOZE2.

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