单词 | mud hog |
释义 | mud hogn. U.S. 1. Military slang. A field artilleryman. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > artilleryman gunner1344 cannoner1517 bombardier1562 cannoneer1562 artilleryman?1566 engineer1569 artillerist1579 bombarder1583 topchee1623 fireman1625 pyrobolist1696 zumboorukchee1840 culverineer1881 red-leg1890 gun1896 mud hog1918 1918 H. V. O'Brien Wine, Women & War 39 Their captaincies and plush jobs in Paris, by contrast with humble lieutenancy in mud-hogs, further confirmation of suspicion that I'm a damned fool. 2. Oil Industry. = mud pump n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > equipment for use with drilling mud mud pumpc1857 slush pit1931 mud hog1932 shale shaker1959 mud balance1960 1932 Amer. Speech 7 268 Mud-hog, a pump for circulating the mud fluid in rotary drilling. 1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 209 Mud pumps, often called ‘mud hogs’, are of various sizes. 1944 M. C. Boatright & D. Day From Hell to Breakfast 144 The bottom of the standpipe connects to reciprocating ‘slush pumps’ or ‘mud hogs’ and drilling fluid or ‘mud’ is pumped through the drill pipe and bit. 1972 G. Haslam Lang. Oil Fields 107 Mud hog, a pump for circulating the mud in rotary drilling. 1996 World Wastes (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. Portable and stationary C&D systems, wood hogs, hammermills, pallet grinding systems, mechanical feeders, conveyors and mud-hogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918 |
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