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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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