Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dirt"
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) 1.7 (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}, {grunge}]
3: obscene terms for feces [syn: {crap}, {shit}, {shite}, {poop},
{turd}]
4: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[syn: {scandal}, {malicious gossip}]
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