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Webster 1913 Edition
Dirt
Dirt
(dẽrt)
, Noun.
[OE.
drit
; kin to Icel. drit
excrement, drīta
to dung, OD. drijten
to dung, AS. gedrītan
.] 1.
Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth;
as, a wagonload of
. dirt
Whose waters cast up mire and
dirt
. Is. lvii. 20.
2.
Meanness; sordidness.
Honors . . . thrown away upon
dirt
and infamy. Melmoth.
3.
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Dirt bed
(Geom.)
, a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures.
– Dirt eating
. (a)
The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism.
Humboldt.
(b)
(Med.)
Same as
– Chthonophagia
. Dirt pie
, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry.
Otway (1684).
– To eat dirt
, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
Dirt
,Verb.
T.
To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dirt
DIRT
, n durt.1.
Any foul or filthy substance; excrement; earth; mud; mire; dust; whatever adhering to any thing, renders it foul or unclean.The fat closed, and the dirt came out. Judges 3.
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Isaiah 57.
2.
Meanness; sordidness. [Not in use.]DIRT
,Verb.
T.