oozage

Etymology

From ooze + -age.

noun

  1. Seepage or leakage via oozing.“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.”