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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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