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Definition: muck pile
Muck
\Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf.
Midden.]
1. Dung in a moist state; manure. --Bacon.
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2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp
places and swamps.
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3. Anything filthy or vile. --Spenser.
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4. Money; -- in contempt.
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The fatal muck we quarreled for. --Beau. & Fl.
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5. (Mining) The unwanted material, especially rock or soil,
that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore;
also, the unwanted material after being excavated or
crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste
pile. In the latter sense, also called a
muck pile.
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Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only
once.
Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or
rollers. --Knight.
muck pile see
muck pile in the vocabulary.
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muck pile
\muck" pile`\ (m[u^]k" p[imac]l`), n.
1. (Construction) The broken material at the face of a tunnel
being bored, after being crushed by blasting.
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2. (Mining) Muck[5] that has been placed in a spoil area.
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