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.

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