Look up: Spud

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   Spud
   Spud is slang for someone who is ugly.
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   spud
   [n] - a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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   Spud
   To start drilling a new well
   Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary
   
   
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   spud
   1. to move the drill stem up and down in the hole over a short distance without rotation. Careless execution of this operation creates pressure surges that can cause a formation to break down, resulting in lost circulation. 2. to force a wireline tool or tubing down the hole by using a reciprocating motion. 3. to begin drilling a well; i.e., to spud in.
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   Spud
   To spud a well - to start the actual drilling of a well.
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   spud
   on a tractor,a stout metal arm at the rear of the chassis,which can be swung down into the ground to act as a strut to steady the tractor when winching Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a hand tool with a narrow,sharp,curved blade,designed for barking round timber Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries &bul...
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   Spud
   The removal of gravel or heavy accumulations of bitumen from roof membranes by means of chipping or scraping.
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   Spud
   Spud noun [ Confer Danish spyd a spear.] 1. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. « My spud these nettles from the stone can part.» Swyft. 2. A dagger. [ Obsolete] olland. 3. Anything short and thick; specifically ...
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   Spud
   Spud noun A potato. [ Colloq.]
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    spud
    A triangular knife used for removing foreign bodies from the cornea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    spud
    stump spud noun a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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    Spud
    The term `spud` has been falsely traced to a 19th century activist group dedicated to keeping the potato out of Britain, calling itself The Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet. However, the correct etymology of `spud` is that this word for potato comes from the digging of soil/hole prior to planting the potatoes. The word is of unknown origin and was originally (c. 1440) used as a term for a short knife or dagger. It subsequently tr...
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    Spud
    • (n.) A potato. • (n.) A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. • (n.) A dagger. • (n.) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
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    spud
    (from the article `dredge`) ...and suspended solids from the bottom through the suction pipe into the pump. The materials emerging from the pump are conveyed into barges or ... ...the mouth of a centrifugal pump, and this transports the slurry (containing 20 to 25 percent solids) to the processing plant. Normally, the dredge ... [2 r...
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    Spud
    (from the article `Mulberry`) ...consisted of roughly 6 miles (10 km) of flexible steel roadways (code-named Whales) that floated on steel or concrete pontoons (called Beetles). ...
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    SPUD
    The removal of gravel or heavy accumulations of bitumen from roof membranes by means of chipping or scraping.
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