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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |