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English Dictionary: sludge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sludge
n
  1. the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
  2. any thick, viscous matter
    Synonym(s): sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sludge \Sludge\, n.
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sludge \Sludge\, n. [CF. {Slush}.]
      1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson.
  
      2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.
            --Kane.
  
      3. (Mining) See {Slime}, 4.
  
      {Sludge hole}, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler,
            by means of which sediment can be removed.
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