Grease: alternatives and connections

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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

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Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal,…

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To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

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To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

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Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

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Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

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

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

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Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

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

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

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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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