preslugEtymologyFrom pre- + slug.nounA substance injected into water contaminated with oil to facilitate the subsequent process of recovering the oil from the water.“A preslug of brine solution is often used to condition the reservoir by displacing the reservoir brine.”verbTo compress (fuel) into pellets before use.“Los Alamos concluded that the use of preslugged material is beneficial, 10 tsi is the optimum pressing pressure, and binders are not necessary.”To preprint on a form with automatically-generated individual identifying information.“Either header sheets or dark-mark coding directly on the answer document itself provides the input to the computer memory for pre-codable information such as test, level, or form, while response spaces to be marked by the user take care of all kinds of unique identifying information, such as community, school, grade, name, sex, and so forth. Preslugging on a line printer is used for a student iden”To give a title, header, or catchline before writing the piece.“I came to Virginia from Bloomington, Indiana, where I had gone in pursuit of a story we at the Tatler had preslugged "The Violence Teachers."”