SLOSH
\slˈɒʃ], \slˈɒʃ], \s_l_ˈɒ_ʃ]\
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By Princeton University
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See slush.
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A familiar term for wet mud or dirty liquid, as melting snow; a greasy lubricating mixture; on shipboard, the grease of pork and beef skimmed from the ship's coppers, generally the cook's perquisite; a mixture of whitelead and lime.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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globigerina
- A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface sea. Their dead shells, falling to bottom, make up large part soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. Foraminifera. glob-i-je-r[=i]'na, n. a genus typical of Globigerinidæ, pelagic family foraminifers.