mud-lighter

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• Lighter

  ·noun One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps. II. Lighter ·vt To convey by a lighte...

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• lighter

  A large, open, flat-bottomed boat, with heavy bearings, employed to carry goods to or from ships. ...

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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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• ballast-lighter

  A large flat-floored barge, for heaving up and carrying ballast. ...

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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 lark

  A fellow who goes about by the water side picking up coals, nails, or other articles in the mud. Als...

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• mud-fat

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• mud-fish

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• mud-lark

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• mud-hen

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• 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

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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-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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• to lump the lighter

  To be transported. ...

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