Chapter Moveless to Muckworm of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

4. Money; — in contempt.

The fatal muck we quarreled for.

Beau. & Fl.

Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. — Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.

Muck
(Muck), a. Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

Muck
(Muck), v. t. To manure with muck.

Muckender
(Muck"en*der) n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. Mokadour.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]

Mucker
(Muck"er) n. A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person. [Slang]

Mucker
(Muck"er), v. t. To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.] Udall.

Muckerer
(Muck"er*er) n. A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]

Muckiness
(Muck"i*ness) n. The quality of being mucky.

Muckle
(Muc"kle) a. [See Mickle.] Much. [Obs.]

Muckmidden
(Muck"mid`den) n. A dunghill. [Scot.]

Mucksy
(Muck"sy) a. Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R. D. Blackmore.

Muckworm
(Muck"worm`) n.

1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; — applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope.