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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muck  \Muck\  (m[u^]k), 
  abbreviation  of  Amuck. 
 
  {To  run  a  muck}.  See  {Amuck}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muck  \Muck\,  n.  [Icel.  myki;  akin  to  D.  m["o]g.  Cf  {Midden}.] 
  1.  Dung  in  a  moist  state;  manure.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  Vegetable  mold  mixed  with  earth,  as  found  in  low  damp 
  places  and  swamps. 
 
  3.  Anything  filthy  or  vile.  --Spenser. 
 
  4.  Money;  --  in  contempt. 
 
  The  fatal  muck  we  quarreled  for  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  {Muck  bar},  bar  iron  which  has  been  through  the  rolls  only 
  once. 
 
  {Muck  iron},  crude  puddled  iron  ready  for  the  squeezer  or 
  rollers.  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muck  \Muck\,  a. 
  Like  muck;  mucky;  also  used  in  collecting  or  distributing 
  muck;  as  a  muck  fork. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muck  \Muck\,  v.  t. 
  To  manure  with  muck. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  muck 
  n  1:  any  thick  messy  substance  [syn:  {sludge},  {slime},  {goo},  {gook}, 
  {guck},  {gunk},  {ooze}] 
  2:  fecal  matter  of  animals  [syn:  {droppings},  {dung}] 
  v  1:  remove  muck,  clear  away  muck,  as  in  a  mine 
  2:  spread  manure,  as  for  fertilization  [syn:  {manure}] 
  3:  soil  with  mud,  muck,  or  mire;  "The  child  mucked  up  his  shirt 
  while  playing  ball  in  the  garden"  [syn:  {mire},  {mud},  {muck 
  up}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
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