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Muck iron

Muck \Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf. Midden.]

  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.

  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.

    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.