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sludge |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sludge \Sludge\, n. Anything resembling mud or slush; as: a A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. b Mud from a drill hole in boring. c Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. d Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc e A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sludge \Sludge\, n. [CF. {Slush}.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson. 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. --Kane. 3. (Mining) See {Slime}, 4. {Sludge hole}, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sludge n 1: the precipitate produced by sewage treatment 2: any thick messy substance [syn: {slime}, {goo}, {gook}, {guck}, {gunk}, {muck}, {ooze}]
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