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sludgy

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sludg⋅y

  [sluhj-ee]
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–adjective, sludg⋅i⋅er, sludg⋅i⋅est.
1. of or pertaining to sludge.
2. covered, lined with, or containing sludge.
Origin:
1775–85; sludge + -y 1
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sludge   (slŭj)   
n.  

  1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.

  2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.

  3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.

  4. An agglutination or aggregation of blood cells forming a semisolid mass that often impedes circulation.

intr.v.   sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es
To agglutinate or aggregate into a semisolid mass; form a sludge. Used of blood cells.

[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]
sludg'y adj.
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