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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

, abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To manure with muck.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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