oozageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

ooze +‎ -age

名詞

oozage (uncountable)

1. Seepage or leakage via oozing.
   • 1856, Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, page 163:

     I am keeping in view, that from such an area the quantity of water carried off by evaporation must in that time have been considerable; but I assume that this was compensated for by the leakage or oozage from the adjoining lands; so that I consider the quantity above stated to be a faithful estimate of the performance of the engines.

   • 2014, Blair Thornburgh, Stuff Every College Student Should Know, Quirk Books (→ISBN):

     Top a bread slice (または tortilla) with meltable fillings: cheese and salsa, […] . Cover with another bread slice and two more foil sheets, and fold over edges to avoid oozage. 3. Press iron onto the foil packet and move it back and forth across the foil surface for 30 seconds.