DIRT
ADJECTIVES
► CAGGED caked, ingrained, as with dirt → 1895 Eng. dial.
► LARDED covered with mud or dirt; bedraggled → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BAGGAGE rubbish, refuse, dirt → 1549 obs.
► BATTER soft, moist dirt; filth → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BAWD sticky dirt, as black cart-grease → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAWDINESS dirtiness; dirt, filth → 1552 obs.
► BAWDRY material filth; dirt, defilement → 1648 obs.
► BINKER a heap of stones or dirt → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLACK dark discolouring stain; dirt → 1870 Eng. dial.
► BLATCH dirt, soot, smut → 1825 Eng. dial.
► BLISH-BLASH sloppy dirt → 19C Eng. dial.
► BLUITER. mud; any dirty stuff → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CABBER a ring of dirt around the neck → 20C Irish sl.
► CACK rubbish, dirt, filth → 1990s sl.
► CRAP an unpleasant substance; dirt, muck → 1925 orig. US
► CROCK soot or dirt, esp. from something burned or charred → 1657 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CROTT dirt → 1657 obs.
► CRUD a substance considered unpleasant or disgusting, esp. because of its dirtiness; dirt, muck, or excrement → 1943
► CRUNT any form of dirt; esp. the (dried) residue of body fluids, as blood, semen, etc. → 1950s African-American sl.
► DODDER dirt → 1871 Eng. dial.
► DRECK dirt; garbage; faeces → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DUMMOCK a small heap of soil or dirt → 19C Eng. dial.
► DUTTY dirt; soil → 1873 Caribbean
► FUSSOCK dirt, filthiness, laziness → 19C Eng. dial.
► GACH dirt or filth → 1851 Eng. dial.
► GOM state of uncleanness from dirt, oil, etc. → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck → 1932 Amer. sl.
► GRAMMER mire, dirt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRONK a nasty substance, as dirt that collects between the toes → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROT dirt, dirty material, filth → 1971 Brit. sl.
► GRUNCH any nasty substance; dirt → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRUNGE a repugnant, odious, unpleasant, or dull person or thing; also, dirt, grime → 1965 US sl.
► GUNK an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. → 1932 US sl.
► GURRY refuse or dirt in general → 1949 Amer. dial.
► HACK filth, dirt → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KAARM a mass of dirt → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► KEECH dirt → 1901 Sc. (Bk.)
► LUTULENCE muddiness; mud, dirt → 1727
► MISOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt → 1991 (Bk.)
► MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. → 13C
► MUNG dirt, muck; anything filthy or distasteful → 1883 Amer. dial.
► MURGEON dirt, refuse, dregs; later, wet peaty soil → 1450 Eng. dial.
► MUX mud, dirt, mire; a muddy or miry state → 1746 Eng. dial.
► MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one’s hands by touching anything → 1879
► NAST dirt, filth, foulness → 1789 Eng. dial.
► NIGGER BABIES dirt specks, esp. in the creases of the neck → 1970 US sl., offensive
► ORDURE filth, dirt → a1300 arch.
► PRUT dirt, as the sweepings from a floor, deck, or the like → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCHMOOTZ ► SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust → 1968 sl.
► SCRIOG a hard crust of dirt → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCUMBER the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt → 1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCUNGE dirt, dirty material, filth → 1975 sl.
► SHMUTZ dirt, filth → 1968 sl., chiefly US
► SKIT dirt, trash → c1330
► SMIT a particle of soot; a spot of dirt; a smut; also, sooty matter → 1763 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SMUTCH 1. a black or dirty mark; a stain; a smudge → 1530
2. soot, smut, grime, dirt → 1791
► SORDES ► SORDS dirt, filth, filthiness → 1653 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► THURROCK a heap of muck or dirt → 1708 Eng. dial.
► VAEDIK a splash or streak of dirt on the face; dirty marks left by a cursory wash → 1908 Sc.
► VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish → 1891 Sc.
PHRASES
► GIVE IT AN IRISH WASH turn the table-cloth or a garment, etc. around so the dust or dirt doesn’t show → 1966 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► BARK of dirt: to clot, to harden, to encrust, to adhere → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BARKEN of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BARKLE of dirt: to cake, to encrust, to adhere → 1874 Eng. dial.
► BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt → 1760
► BEMOIL to encumber with dirt and mire; to bemire → 1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BESPATTLE ► BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAB to clog with dirt; to soil by handling → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ETTER of dirt: to eat into, to become engrained into the skin → 1874 Eng. dial.
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