besullyv.
/bɪˈsʌli/ transitive. To sully or soil badly.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]
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a1645 W. Strode On Fayrford Windowes in Poet. Wks. (1907) 26 The limber corps, besullyd ore With meager palenesse.
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 190 Cheeks are besullied with unused brine.
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