Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A rich saline deposit from salt-marshes and sea-shores. It is also called sea-ooze, and is employed as a manure.
Examples
“They were still wet from the sea-mud clung to them.”
“Sponge was formerly imagined by some naturalists to be a vegetable production; by others, a mineral, or a collection of sea-mud, but it has since been discovered to be the fabric and habitation of a species of worm, or polypus.”
“The toes of his feet, in high sailor's boots, had been sucked into the slimy sea-mud; the short blue jacket, drenched through with brine, was still closely buttoned;”
“The shells, oysters, and other similar animals, which originate in sea-mud, bear witness to the changes of the earth round the centre of our elements.”
“The toes of his feet, in high sailor’s boots, had been sucked into the slimy sea-mud; the short blue jacket, drenched through with brine, was still closely buttoned; a red scarf was fastened in”
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