Dirt: alternatives and connections

Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

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Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

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The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

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A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

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Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

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A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

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The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

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That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.

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An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.

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A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

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A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.

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To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

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A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

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Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

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Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

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The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.

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A vetch; a tare.

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The upper layer of soil; surface soil.

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The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.

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To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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A casting down; depression.

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The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.

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dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.

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A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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of Grind

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Dung; excrement; faeces.

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A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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of Contaminate

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of Contaminate

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Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

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Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

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Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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See 2d Poppy.

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Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgr…

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To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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