'Muck iron' definitions:

Definition of 'Muck iron'

From: GCIDE
  • Muck \Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf. Midden.]
  • 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Anything filthy or vile. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Money; -- in contempt. [1913 Webster]
  • The fatal muck we quarreled for. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mining) The unwanted material, especially rock or soil, that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore; also, the unwanted material after being excavated or crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste pile. In the latter sense, also called a muck pile. [RDH]
  • Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once.
  • Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. --Knight.
  • muck pile see muck pile in the vocabulary. [1913 Webster +RDH]