Not clear or transparent; turbid, opaque; murky; cloudy. Also: muddy. Cf. drove, v.1 2. English regional (northern) in later use.

Turbid, troubled.

Of water: filled with ooze or mud; muddy, miry.

Containing or of the nature of fæces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; thick, turbid. Now usually with stronger sense: Laden or…

Of water or other liquid: Troubled, turbid, thick, muddy. Obsolete.

Muddy. (In quot. in figurative context.)

Of water or other liquid: turbid, not clear; discoloured with matter in suspension; murky, muddy.

Somewhat ‘troubled’ or turbid.

Of water: muddied or polluted, esp. by being disturbed. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. In extended use: confused, disordered. Now rare.

Resembling, characteristic, or suggestive of puddle (puddle, n. 3) or a puddle; spec. clouded or polluted. In extended use: insignificant…

Turbid, thick; also figurative ‘muddy’.

Not clear in appearance; impure. Of any liquid: thick or opaque, usually with some suspended matter; not clear, cloudy.

Turbid.

Made muddy or turbid. Obsolete.

Of liquid: Thick or opaque with suspended matter; not clear; cloudy, muddy.

= turbid, adj.

Like puddle (puddle, n. 3) or a puddle; spec. dirty, clouded.

Covered with mud, muddy; (of water) discoloured and made cloudy by the presence of soil or mud; turbid.

Turbid, full of sediment.

Esp. of water: muddy, turbid; cloudy. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

Mixed, muddled, turbid. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Confused, chaotic, in a jumble.

Covered in or mixed with mud; dirty. Cf. muddied, adj.