dirt

n. அழுக்க, மலம், மாசு, சேறு, புழுதி, மண், சாணம், பொருக்கு,புறவடை, ஒட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் வேற்றப் பொருள், தூய்மையற்ற பொருள், பயனற்ற பொருள், அழுக்குப்படிவு, கீழ்த்தரப் பேச்சு. (வினை) அழுக்காக்கு.

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Dirt, n. Etym: [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, drita to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedritan.] 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, v. t. Defn: To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift.