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Slush
  • (n.) A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
  • (n.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
  • (n.) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
  • (n.) Soft mud.
  • (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
  • (v. t.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
  • (v. t.) To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

    OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. (See Project Gutenburg.)


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