slush

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) Grease or fat from salt meat.--Worcester. The refuse grease from cooking on board ship, which is one of the perquisites of the cook.


2) This term is often used by the people of New England, in speaking of the state of the roads, when they are covered with snow, and a thaw takes place. It is very common to hear people say, 'the roads are sloshy; it is very sloshy going,' &c. None of the English dictionaries have this word; but all of them, I believe, except Bailey's, have the term sludge and define it as Dr. Johnson does--'Mire, dirt mixed with water.' Grose has sludge in the same sense, as a provincial term, peculiar to the North of England. Marshall also has sludge among his provincialisms of the Midland counties, sluss among those of Norfolk, and slush among those of Yorkshire; and he defines them all nearly in the same words.--Pickering.

It sometimes happens that a fall of snow in the night time will cover the deep water where the feiths are, with snow and slush.--State, Leslie of Powis, 1803.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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