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Definition of Dirtying

1. Noun. The act of soiling something.

Definition of Dirtying

1. Verb. (present participle of dirty) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dirtying

1. dirty [v] - See also: dirty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirtying

Literary usage of Dirtying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The action of gunpowder in dirtying the bore of a gun. Cannon for this and other reasons are sponged after each round. Foundation. In military architecture ..."

2. A Soldier of France to His Mother: Letters from the Trenches on the Western by Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier (1917)
"So when these fellows bother me, I think they are dirtying this robe which I have put on them. Of course this robe would decidedly hamper them when called ..."

3. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"He liked laud over which lie could ride without dirtying his horse or splashing his boots. He must recommend early lambing, and one failure was no proof ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"She's nothing but a governess, that taches little girla to spell, and ate bread and butter without dirtying their fingers.' tody, and you too, ..."

5. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1898)
"Some people were evidently really careless, for we see "dirtying and tearing, ... and dirtying." It must have been an aggravated offence. ..."

6. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1898)
"Sonic people were evidently really careless, for we see “dirtying and tearing, ... and dirtying. “ It must have 1)een an aggravated offence. ..."

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