单词 | defilement |
释义 | defilementn.1 a. The act of defiling, the fact or state of being defiled. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] solwinessa1300 befiling1340 filing1340 sulpinga1350 defouling1382 defoula1387 pollutionc1422 inquination1447 contagya1513 coinquination?1550 defiling1585 dirting1591 tainture1609 impuration1614 conspurcation1616 contamination1620 empoisonment1626 defilement1637 contagion1662 dirtying1674 polluting1897 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling wemming1100 sulpinga1350 defouling1382 pollutionc1422 pollutinga1449 deturpation1490 defiling1585 commaculation1637 defilement1637 sullage1641 infoedation1661 1637 J. Milton Comus 16 When lust..Lets in defilement to the inward parts. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 286. ⁋1 The Chaste cannot rake into such Filth without Danger of Defilement. 1814 R. Southey Roderick ii Where..It might abide..From all defilement safe. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxii. 97 Those sources of ceremonial defilement. b. An instance of this; concrete anything that defiles. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > polluting agent drossc1440 defilement1571 foulagea1603 feculency1608 feculence1662 contamination1806 pollutant1892 contaminant1934 crud1943 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (x. 16) Ye holy land was at length purged from ye defylements and filthines, wherewith it was berayed. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 3 Mariage lay in disgrace..as a work of the flesh, almost a defilement. 1698 W. Salmon Ars Chirurgica I. 337 Removing of Defilements or Vices. 1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row ii. 33 Purifying himself from the defilements of the counter. 1871 Echo 31 Jan. The defilements in water which are most fatal to man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). defilementn.2 Fortification. The act or operation of defilading. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > construction of defensive works > planning against lines of fire defilement1816 defilading1830 defilade1851 1816 in C. James New Mil. Dict. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 218 The banquettes and terre~pleins of ramparts that are commanded, should be formed in planes parallel to the plane of defilement of the crest of the parapet. 1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 51 The operation..called Defilement, or Defilading, is of two kinds, in altitude and in direction..Defilement in Altitude is performed by raising the parapet, sinking the terrepleine, or constructing Traverses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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