† bedagglev.
Obsolete.
= bedag v.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud > dirty by trailing in mud
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1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Crotté, bedagled.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 With dust al powdred, with filthood dustye bedagled.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 5 July (1970) I. 193 I saw the King..go forth in the rain..and bedaggled many a fine suit of clothes.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Bedaggle, to bemire; to soil cloaths, by letting them reach the dirt in walking. [Also in mod. Dicts.]
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