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Mudhole

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Mudhole
    (Steam Boilers) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.
  2. Mudhole
    A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) mudhole
    A place full of mud; a spot where there is mud of considerable depth; a depression where water and mud stand, as in a road.
  2. (n) mudhole
    In steam-engines, an orifice with steamtight covering in the bottom of a boiler, through which the sediment is removed. Also mudvalve.
  3. (n) mudhole
    A salt-water lagoon in which whales are captured.
  4. (n) mudhole
    A soft spot in granite due to decomposition.
Usage in the news

"Mudhole" and the Marines: Kenneth Merrill Sr. And Vernon Lott. nwpr.org

" Mudhole " and the Marines: Kenneth Merrill Sr. And Vernon Lott. nwpr.org

Come join the fun at "The Mudhole" (across from Sage Port Grille in Kennewick.). keyw.com

Hello, Eugene: From Skinner 's Mudhole to Oregon's 2nd largest city. kval.com

A little preparation can save your car from smelling like a mudhole. sportfishingmag.com

Usage in literature

A black mudhole blocked the lane. "Falk" by Joseph Conrad

He had frequently driven hogs from mudholes to slake his thirst with the water. "Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine" by George M. Gould

There were also concealed mudholes in there. "Chance" by Joseph Conrad

You'll drown in a mudhole. "The God of His Fathers" by Jack London

Born in the same mudhole, and still Boris Karlov the avenger could not understand Stefani Gregor the fiddler. "The Drums Of Jeopardy" by Harold MacGrath

Springfield was almost a mudhole. "Children of the Market Place" by Edgar Lee Masters

Sure enough, horns and a hoof protruded from one end of the mudhole. "I Married a Ranger" by Dama Margaret Smith

Even so he was parched with thirst before he found the first mudhole. "Daughter of the Sun" by Jackson Gregory

It was an awful mudhole. "Old Rail Fence Corners" by Various

These troughs were furnished with water by windmills, and the mudholes were caused by the waste water. "Special Report on Diseases of the Horse" by United States Department of Agriculture