Grime: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

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The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from c…

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A bird.

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An ant.

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abbreviation of Amuck.

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

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Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

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To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.

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Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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

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of Soil

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of Soil

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To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

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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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The black grime or soot of coal.

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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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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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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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Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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