stiff-mud
1stiff-mud process — noun : a brickmaking process in which a stiff mixture of water and clay is extruded in a continuous column through a die and individual bricks are cut by wires from the column as it emerges compare soft mud process …
2mud gun — noun : a device for forcibly applying stiff mud or clay (as to the taphole of a blast furnace for closing it) …
3stiff — [[t]stɪ̱f[/t]] stiffer, stiffest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily. The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat... His gaberdine trousers were brand new and stiff... Her fingers were… …
4stiff — adj 1. rigid, firm, unpliable, inflexible, unmalleable, unbending, unyielding, resistant; impervious, impenetrable, impregnable, repelling, unassailable, rugged; brittle, crisp, dried out, Inf. stiff as a board. 2.(all of a person or animal)… …
5Mud wasp — Wasp Wasp, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs; akin to D. wesp, G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp.… …
6mud snake — an iridescent black and red snake, Farancia abacura, of southeastern and south central U.S., having a sharp, stiff tail tip used in manipulating prey into position for swallowing. Cf. hoop snake. * * * …
7mud snake — noun : hoop snake 2a * * * an iridescent black and red snake, Farancia abacura, of southeastern and south central U.S., having a sharp, stiff tail tip used in manipulating prey into position for swallowing. Cf. hoop snake …
8soft-mud process — noun : a brickmaking process in which water and clay are mixed to a relatively soft consistency and inserted into molds compare : stiff mud process, sand molding, slop molding …
9Drilling mud — In geotechnical engineering, drilling mud, also known as spud mud (when beginning the drilling process), is a drilling fluid used to drill boreholes into the earth. Often used while drilling oil and natural gas wells and on exploration drilling… …
10brick and tile — ▪ building material Introduction structural clay products, manufactured as standard units, used in building construction. The brick, first produced in a sun dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of… …
