Hypertext Webster Gateway: "muck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muck \Muck\ (m[u^]k),
abbreviation of Amuck.
{To run a muck}. See {Amuck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muck \Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf. {Midden}.]
1. Dung in a moist state; manure. --Bacon.
2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp
places and swamps.
3. Anything filthy or vile. --Spenser.
4. Money; -- in contempt.
The fatal muck we quarreled for. --Beau. & Fl.
{Muck bar}, bar iron which has been through the rolls only
once.
{Muck iron}, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or
rollers. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muck \Muck\, a.
Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing
muck; as, a muck fork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muck \Muck\, v. t.
To manure with muck.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
muck
n 1: any thick messy substance [syn: {sludge}, {slime}, {goo}, {gook},
{guck}, {gunk}, {ooze}]
2: fecal matter of animals [syn: {droppings}, {dung}]
v 1: remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
2: spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: {manure}]
3: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt
while playing ball in the garden" [syn: {mire}, {mud}, {muck
up}]
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