muck

MUCK, n. [L. mucus.]

1. Dung in a moist state, or a mass of dung and putrefied vegetable matter.

With fattening muck besmear the roots.

2. Something mean, vile or filthy.

To run a muck, to run madly and attack all we meet.

Running a muck, is a phrase derived from the Malays, (in whose language amock signified to kill,) applied to desperate persons who

intoxicate themselves with opium and then arm themselves with a dagger and attempt to kill all they meet.

MUCK, v.t. To manure with muck.