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Webster 1913 Edition

(fĭlth)

Noun.

[OE.

filthe

fulðe

, AS.

fȳlð

, fr.

fūl

foul; akin to OHG.

fūlida

. See

, and cf.

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

To purify the soul from the dross and

filth

of sensual delights.

Tillotson.

Filth disease

(Med.)

a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.

Noun.

[See Foul and Defile.]

Dirt; any foul matter; any thing that soils or defiles; waste matter; nastiness.

Corruption; pollution; any thing that sullies or defiles the moral character.

To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights.