The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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The act of mixing; mixture.
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The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.
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Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury…
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The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
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The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
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The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
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The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
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The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
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A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…
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State; condition; position of affairs.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…
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Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…
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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
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The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.
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The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
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