Found 1 items, similar to Sludge hole.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sludge hole Sludge \Sludge\, n. [CF. Slush.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. --Kane. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) See Slime, 4. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed. [1913 Webster]