Sludge \Sludge\, n. [CF. {Slush}.]
1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson.
2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.
--Kane.
3. (Mining) See {Slime}, 4.
{Sludge hole}, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler,
by means of which sediment can be removed.