To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
To sink into mud.
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
To weigh down.
To soil with mud or foul matter.
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.