BEDRAGGLE

bedraggle, draggle

(verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bedraggle (third-person singular simple present bedraggles, present participle bedraggling, simple past and past participle bedraggled)

(transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedraggled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedraggling (.]

Definition: To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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