Muck

n. [Icel. myki, Dan. mög. Cf. MIXEN.]

1. Dung in a moist state.
2. A mass of decaying vegetable matter.

With fattening muck besmear the roots. Philips.

3. Something mean, vile, or filthy.
4. Money. [Old Cant.] “The fatal muck we quarreled for.” Beau. & Fl.

To run a muck [Malay. amock, to kill], to run madly about, attacking all one meets. See AMOCK.