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Definition of Muddying
1. muddy [v] - See also: muddy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muddying
Literary usage of Muddying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"We come back to the case of the wolf that stood upstream and asked the lamb down
below what he was muddying the brook for. The lamb said "I am not muddying ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"When the brick mason commenced to use water from the well, the defendant Instructed
him how to secure the bucket to prevent muddying the water. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"A timely muddying of the waters is often a great advantage in such cases, and
Challoner had great faith in the muddying of waters. They visited Miss Lyle in ..."
4. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"138, 33 an easement in land for the mainte- Atl. 74. nance of a race, by the
muddying of the 'A landowner leasing cotton mills un- water therein, ..."
5. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"As soon as the heat of summer has thoroughly warmed the waters of these lakes,
and has somewhat reduced their volume, the season for " muddying " begins. ..."
6. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"We come back to the case of the wolf that stood upstream and asked the lamb down
below what he was muddying the brook for. The lamb said "I am not muddying ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"When the brick mason commenced to use water from the well, the defendant Instructed
him how to secure the bucket to prevent muddying the water. ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"A timely muddying of the waters is often a great advantage in such cases, and
Challoner had great faith in the muddying of waters. They visited Miss Lyle in ..."
9. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"138, 33 an easement in land for the mainte- Atl. 74. nance of a race, by the
muddying of the 'A landowner leasing cotton mills un- water therein, ..."
10. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"As soon as the heat of summer has thoroughly warmed the waters of these lakes,
and has somewhat reduced their volume, the season for " muddying " begins. ..."
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