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(), n.[Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zol.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging. Mud cat. See Catfish. Mud crab (Zol.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. Mud dab (Zol.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. Mud dauber (Zol.), a mud wasp. Mud devil (Zol.), the fellbender. Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. Mud eel (Zol.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the ant Mud v. t. 1. To bury in mud. [R.] Shak. 2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak. スポンサード リンク
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