Dirt"y (?), a. [Compar. Dirtier (?); superl. Dirtiest.]
1.
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
Spenser.
2.
Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
Locke.
3.
Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
The creature's at his dirty work again.
Pope.
4.
Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
M. Arnold.
Syn. -- Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
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Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]
1.
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2.
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
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