mud lark

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• mud-lark

  n. another name for the Magpie-lark, Grallina picata (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Lark

  ·vi A frolic; a jolly time. II. Lark ·vi To catch larks; as, to go larking. III. Lark ·vi To <<Spo...

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• lark

  1) A boat. 2) A piece of merriment. People playing together jocosely. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lark

  n. common English bird name.The Australian species are – – Brown Song Lark – – Cincloramphus crural...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lark

  A small boat. Also, frolicsome merriment. (See sky-larking.) ...

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• Mud

  ·vt To bury in mud. II. Mud ·vt To make muddy or turbid. III. Mud ·noun Earth and water mixed so a...

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• mud

  A fool, or thick-sculled fellow; also, among printers the same as dung among journeymen taylors. Se...

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• Lark-colored

  ·adj Having the sandy brown color of the European larks. ...

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• Sea lark

  ·- The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). II. Sea lark ·- Any one of several small sandpipers and plover...

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• ground-lark

  n. 1) In New Zealand, a bird alsocalled by the Maori names, Pihoihoi and Hioi. 1888. W. L. Buller,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• magpie-lark

  n. an Australian black-and-whitebird ( Grallina picata, Lath.), resembling the Magpie inappearance,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sand-lark

  n. name given in Australia to the Red-capped Dottrel, Charadrius ruficapilla, Temm. 1867. W. Richa...

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• Sea mud

  ·- A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; — calle...

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• mud-fat

  adj. fat as mud, very fat. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 142: «There's half th...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• mud-fish

  n. a fish of Westland, New Zealand, Neochanna apoda, Gunth. Guenther says Neochannais a «degraded f...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• mud-hen

  The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mud-turtle

  The popular name of a reptile common in all parts of the United States. Marsh Tortoise and Mud Terra...

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• drift-mud

  Consisting chiefly of an argillaceous earth, brought down by the rivers, floated about, and successi...

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• mud-drags

  Implements and machines for clearing rivers and docks. ...

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• mud or ballast dredger

  A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful mac...

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• mud-fish

  The Lepidosiren, a very remarkable fish of the Gambia and other African rivers. ...

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• mud-hole

  An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through which the deposit is removed from the ...

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• mud-lands

  The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths. ...

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• mud-larks

  People who grovel about bays and harbours at low water for anything they can find. ...

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• mud-lighter

  Large heavy punts which receive the mud or other matter from a dredging vessel. It is the Marie Salo...

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• mud-pattens

  Broad clogs used for crossing mud-lands in the south of England by those who take sea-fowl. ...

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• mud-shores

  Are not unfrequent on an open coast. The most remarkable instance, perhaps, is that of the Guiana; t...

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