A wet deposit formed by streams. Also, a stratum of young ice in rough seas. Also, in polar parlance, comminuted fragments of brash ice.
·noun ·see <<Slime>>, 4. II. Sludge ·noun Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. III. Sludge ·noun Small floa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mud. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·add. ·- Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum. ...
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Adaptations at the ends of the water-passages between the flues of a steamer's boilers, by which the...