Definition: muck

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Muck \Muck\ (m[u^]k),
   abbreviation of Amuck.

   To run a muck. See Amuck.
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.
Muck \Muck\, a.
   Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing
   muck; as, a muck fork.
Muck \Muck\, v. t.
   To manure with muck.

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001

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