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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD drijten to dung, AS gedr[=i]tan.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dirt \Dirt\, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dirt adj 1: made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road" [syn: {gravel}, {graveled}] 2: (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel [syn: {ungraded}] n 1: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock [syn: {soil}] 2: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: {filth}, {grime}, {soil}, {stain}, {grease}] 3: obscene terms for feces [syn: {crap}, {shit}, {poop}, {turd}] 4: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people [syn: {scandal}, {malicious gossip}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Dirt {Design In Real Time}
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