Maculate: alternatives and connections

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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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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of Soil

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of Soil

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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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To attain; to get act; to hit.

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Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…

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

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To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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A spot.

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A spot.

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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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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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of Stain

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of Stain

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To make foul; to soil.

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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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of Defile

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A bird.

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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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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the lus…

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