·add. ·- Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum.
·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
A wet deposit formed by streams. Also, a stratum of young ice in rough seas. Also, in polar parlance...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A sour substance. II. Acid ·adj Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction. III. Acid ·a...
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...
Adaptations at the ends of the water-passages between the flues of a steamer's boilers, by which the...
·add. ·- That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or he...
·- A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO·NH)2·CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid a...
·- an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid;...
·noun An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid ma...
·adj Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. ...