Definition of defile

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Defile (v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off..

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Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Conspurcation :: Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.
Moil :: Moil (v. t.) To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
Bedung :: Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively..
Profane :: Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Virgin :: Virgin (a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold..
Defile :: Defile (n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air..
Filth :: Filth (n.) Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
Impure :: Impure (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
Pollution :: Pollution (n.) The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
Inviolable :: Inviolable (a.) Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
Profaner :: Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) That which sullies or defiles.
Intemerated :: Intemerated (a.) Pure; undefiled.
Lustration :: Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint..
Assoilment :: Assoilment (n.) A soiling; defilement.
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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