Tropical small tree growing on mud and inter-tidal flats.
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INTERMITTENT BLOW DOWN
The blow down is taken from the mud drum, waterwall headers or the lowest point of circulation.
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LIMAN
A shallow coastal lagoon or embayment with a muddy bottom; also a region of mud or slime deposited near a stream mouth.
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MUD
A general term applied to mixtures of sediments in water. Where the grains are less than 0.002 millimeter in diameter, the mixture is called clay. Where the grains are between 0.002 and 0.0625 milli- meter in diameter, the mixture is called silt.
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BLATHER
Very wet mud of such nature that a weight will rapidly sink into it
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MUD OR LOWER DRUM
A pressure chamber of a drum or header type located at the lower extremity of a water- tube boiler convection bank which is normally provided with a blowoff valve for periodic blowing off of sediment collecting in the bottom of the drum.
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GLOBIGERINA
A very small marine animal of the foraminifera order, with a chambered shell; or the shell of such an animal. In large areas of the ocean the calcareous shells of these animals are very numerous, being the principal constituent of a soft mud or globigerina ooze forming the ocean bed.
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SLIME
Soft, fine, oozy mud or other substance of similar consistency.
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MUD SCOW
A boat used to transport the mud from a dredge.
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BALL-UP
1. During a drilling operation, collection by a portion of the drilling equipment of a mass of viscous consolidated material. 2. Failure of an anchor to hold on a soft bottom, by pulling out with a large ball of mud attached.
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BLIND HOLE
1. A hole which does not pass completely through a workpiece. 2. A type of borehole that does not have the drilling mud or other circulating medium carry the cuttings to the surface.
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