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▪ I. defiling, vbl. n.|dɪˈfaɪlɪŋ| [f. defile v.1 + -ing1.] The action of defile v.1; defilement.
1585Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 67 We need not their after⁓cleansings, which in truth are defilings. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 140/2 Indignation for this defiling of his holie sanctuarie. 1846Keble Lyra Innoc. (1873) 38 Washed from the world and sin's defiling. ▪ II. deˈfiling, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That defiles. Hence deˈfilingly adv.
1889M. Caird Wing of Azrael I. ix. 149 It clung to her defilingly, as some slimy sea-weed clings. |