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SOILURE
soiling, soilure, dirtying
(noun) the act of soiling something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
soilure (plural soilures)
Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
Anagrams
• louries, lousier
Source: Wiktionary
Soil"ure, n. Etym: [OF. soillure, F. souillure. See Soil to make dirty.]
Definition: Stain; pollution. Shak. Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it A case of silk. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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