Dirt

(18), n. [Icel. drít, excrement, dríta, to dung, O. D. drijt, dung, drijten, to dung, A-S. dritan, gedrīten, id., Scot. drite, to ease one's self, imp. drate, dret.] 1. Any foul or filthy substance, as excrement, earth, mud, dust, and the like; whatever, adhering to any thing, renders it foul or unclean. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Isa. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. [Obs.] Honors which are thus sometimes thrown away upon dirt and infamy. McIlmoth.