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Definitions for: Mud
[n] slanderous remarks or charges
[n] water soaked soil; soft wet earth
[v] plaster with mud
[v] soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mud, 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 deredging.
Mud cat. See Catfish.
Mud crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American marine
crabs of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zo["o]l.), the winter flounder. See Flounder,
and Dab.
Mud dauber (Zo["o]l.), a mud wasp.
Mud devil (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
(Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States.
It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
pair of legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zo["o]l.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zo["o]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zo["o]l.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
[U.S.]
Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pep[ae]us, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
Mud, v. t.
1. To bury in mud. [R.] --Shak.
2. To make muddy or turbid. --Shak.
Synonyms: clay, mire, muck, muck up
See Also: begrime, bemire, bleaching clay, bleaching earth, colly, daub, dirt, dirty, grime, mud pie, plaster, slander, soil, soil
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