(Genesis 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" R.V. marg., "bitumen"). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the "ark of bulrushes" with slime (Exodus 2:3). (see PITCH.)

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

2. (n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.

3. (n.) Bitumen.

4. (n.) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

5. (n.) A mucus like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.

6. (v. t.) To smear with slime.