n. [ Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors. ] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. --
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. --
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging. --
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary. --
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. --
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. --
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber. --
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender. --
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. --
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See Siren. --
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus). --
Mud hen. (Zool.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail. --
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [ Slang ] --
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels. --
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. --
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus. --
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [ U.S. ] --
Mud turtle,
Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. --
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To bury in mud. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. madār. ] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and Calotropis procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally. [ Also spelled madar and muddar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large catfish (Pylodictus olivaris, formerly Leptops olivaris) of the central U. S. having a flattened head and projecting jaw.
Syn. -- flathead catfish, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A crab of the genus Panopœus (also written Panopeus). [ PJC ]

n. A wasp of the family Sphegidae (Sphecidae) which builds a nest of mud and stores insects and spiders in it; a digger-wasp. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a racehorse that exhibits a better than usual performance when the racetrack is wet or muddy. [ PJC ]

2. An athlete who performs better than his/her average under muddy conditions. [ PJC ]

adv. In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]