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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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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