Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cylinder, with a valve at the end, for removing the sludge from a bore-hole; a sand-pump, shell, or shell-pump.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A shovel for sludging out drains, etc.
- noun A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.
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Examples
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This method is not commonly used with large machines, although the small scale version, known as the sludger technique, has been extensively used in some areas.
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Scott, the outhouse archaeologist, says collectors remind him of the "daring forty-niners of the gold rush," while Dave-a "sludger" who excavates centuries-old treasures from New York's vast acreage of landfill-compares himself to Crocodile Dundee.
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A sinking method that has been used quite successfully in India and Pakistan is called the "sludger" method.
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It will, however, usually be faster and require less work than sludger.
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Section three: Drilled wellsChapter 10: Introduction to drilled wellsChapter 11: Drilling and casing techniquesChapter 12: Construction: hand rotary and hand percussion methodsChapter 13: Construction: sludger methodChapter 14: Construction: driven and jettedChapter 15: The bottom section
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Hand percussion and fluid (sludger) · Materials required
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· sludger - This is a specific adaptation of a percussion technique which uses a drilling fluid but does not require a pump during drilling.
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· jetted - This technique will only work in the same places that the sludger method will and it requires more equipment and expertise.
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