Dirt"y (?), a.
[Compar. Dirtier (?);
superl. Dirtiest.] 1.
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure;
serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a
dirty white. Spenser.
2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to
color. Locke.
3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a
dirty fellow.
The creature's at his dirty work
again.
Pope.
4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty
weather.
Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty
sea.
M. Arnold.
Syn. -- Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Dirtied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Dirtying.] 1. To foul; to make filthy; to
soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; --
said of reputation, character, etc.