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Webster 1913 Edition

Dirty

Dirt′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Dirtier
;
sup
erl.
Dirtiest
.]
1.
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile;
as,
dirty
hands;
dirty
water; a
dirty
white.
Spenser.
2.
Sullied; clouded; – applied to color.
Locke.
3.
Sordid; base; groveling;
as, a
dirty
fellow
.
The creature’s at his
dirty
work again.
Pope.
4.
Sleety; gusty; stormy;
as,
dirty
weather
.
Syn. – Nasty; filthy; foul. See
Nasty
.

Dirt′y

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dirtied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dirtying
.]
1.
To foul; to make filthy; to soil;
as, to
dirty
the clothes or hands
.
2.
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; – said of reputation, character, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dirty

DIRTY

,
Adj.
Durty.
1.
Foul; nasty; filthy; not clean; as dirty hands.
2.
Not clean; not pure; turbid; as dirty water.
3.
Cloudy; dark; dusky; as a dirty white.
4.
Mean; base; low; despicable; groveling; as a dirty fellow; a dirty employment.

DIRTY

,
Verb.
T.
durty.
1.
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2.
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; applied to reputation.

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