mud (mud)

from turbid waters; mire. mud (mud), v.; pret. and pp. mudded, ppr. mud ding. [ or mire; cover or bedaub with mud. I wish Myself were mudded in that oozy bed Where my son lies. Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. 151. 2. To make turbid or foul with dirt; stir the sediment in (liquors). Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 577. The fount of my teares, troubled and mudded with the toadlike stirring and long breathed vexation of thy venimous enormities, is no longer a pure silver spring but a miry puddle for swine to wallow in. Nash , Christ's Tears. II. in trans. To go in or under the mud, for refuge or warmth, as does the eel. mudar, n. See madar . mud-bank (mud'bangk), n . An accumulation of mud, especially as formed by streams. mud-ba (mud'bas), n. A centrarchoid fish, Acanth arch us pomotis . It has an oblong-oval form; teeth on the tongue, palate, and pterygoids; a large mouth; Mud-ba (Acanth arch us pomotis). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion.) cycloid scales; convex caudal fin; and eleven spines in the dorsal and five in the anal fin. It is about 4 inches IMG:content-1051.png:[blocks in formation] mud-dauber (mud' dâ " bėr), n. A digger-wasp of the family Sphegida. mud-devil (mud'dev"l), n. A menopome. muddify (mud'i-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. muddi fied, ppr. muddifying. [ Don't muddify your charming simplicity with controversial distinctions that will sour your sweet piety. Walpole , Letters (1789), IV. 491. ( Davies .) muddily (mud'i-li), adv . 1. In a muddy manner; turbidly; with foul mixture.-2. Obscurely; cloudily; confusedly. Lucilius writ not only loosely and muddily . IMG:content-1052.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To spend profitle ly; waste; misuse; fritter: usually with away. His genius disengaged from those worldly influences which would have disenchanted it of its mystic enthu siasm, if they did not muddle it ingloriously away. Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 143. 5. To bring into a state of confusion; make a me of.-6. To mix; stir: as, to muddle chocolate or drinks. II. in trans. 1. To contract filth; become muddy or foul. He never muddles in the dirt. Swift , Dick's Variety. 2. To become confused, especially from drink. -3. To potter about; wander confusedly. There are periods of quiescence during which he not only feels comparatively well, but really acts well in the sense of muddling about, somewhat crippled it may be, but with a convalescent energy deserving praise. IMG:content-1053.jpg:[graphic] Lancet, No. 3454, p. 947.