The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muck \Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf. Midden.]
Dung in a moist state; manure.
--Bacon.Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
Anything filthy or vile.
--Spenser.-
Money; -- in contempt.
The fatal muck we quarreled for.
--Beau. & Fl. -
(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.
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 \muck" pile`\ (m[u^]k" p[imac]l`), n.
(Construction) The broken material at the face of a tunnel being bored, after being crushed by blasting.
(Mining) Muck[5] that has been placed in a spoil area.
Usage examples of "muck pile".
He himself was stretched on the wet straw of the stable's muck pile, a safe distance from the buildings, amid a strange assortment of bedding, clothes, bags, silver tankards, and furniture.
He was thinking that the man behind that muck pile in the cross-cut must have been Burt Parry.