/slum gul"yeuhn, slum"gul'-/ , n.
1. a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
2. a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
3. the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
4. a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices.
[ 1840-50, Amer.; cf. Scots, Hiberno-E gullion quagmire, cesspool ]