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Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.

Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

umerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

ailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione). -- Squirrel grass (Bot.), a pestiferous grass (Hordeum murinum) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of anima…

- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.

A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.

ng.] -- Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.] -- Stick insect, (Zoöl.), any one of various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidæ, which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form and color, and long legs, wh…

Silt; mud deposited by water. Sullage piece (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See Sprue, n., 1 (b).

Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day." Sir W. Scott.

Traditional. The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations. Buckminster.

noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

alled also boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine. On that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. Whittier.

In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.

The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.

The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.

Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [R.] Woodward.