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befoul
befoul, v. (bɪˈfaʊl) [f. be- 5 + foul: a later formation, which ran parallel to befile in ME., and at length displaced it.] trans. To make foul, cover with filth or dirt; often of moral filth; esp. in the proverbial to befoul one's own nest.c 1320 Cast. Love 1147 Al was his face bi-foulet w{supt} sp... Oxford English Dictionary
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befyle
befyle var. of befile v. Obs. to befoul. Oxford English Dictionary
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Al-Qalis Church, Sanaa
The influence of the church as a place of pilgrimage may have been the reason behind the actions of Mecca's pagans who attempted to befoul the church. wikipedia.org
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besquirt
† beˈsquirt, v. Obs. (bɪˈskwɜːt) [f. be- 4 + squirt v.] trans. To asperse or befoul by squirting; also fig. in reference to abuse or defamation.1611 Cotgr., Foirer, to besquirt or beray with squirting. 1682 Roxb. Bal. (1884) V. 195 Celliers, that Midwife-Slut, Who Dangerfield doth so besquirt. Oxford English Dictionary
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Daughter of Sindbad
His daughter Shabnam (Nadira) set out to search for him, and when she reached the "Island of Halem Alah", she ran befoul of the island's King who was himself wikipedia.org
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befile
† befile, v. Obs. Forms: inf. 1 be-, bifylan, 3 bifulen(ü), 4 bifilen, (Kentish) bevelen, 6 befyle, befile. [OE. bef{yacu}lan, f. be- 1 + f{yacu}lan to file (:—OTeut. *fûljan, f. f{uacu}l, foul). Afterwards superseded by befoul.] trans. To make foul or dirty; to defile. Hence † befiling vbl. n.c 100... Oxford English Dictionary
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Yellowthread Street
press, with Matters Criminous stating that "The series chiefest goal seemed to have been to explore just how very badly a dramatisation can corrupt and befoul wikipedia.org
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bespurt
† beˈspurt, v. Obs. [f. be- 4 + spurt v.] trans. To asperse or befoul with anything spurted or spirted on; also fig.1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 834/1 To walke through the myre and durt, and not bespurt himselfe. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1232 The city of the Corinthians..he hath..bespurted an... Oxford English Dictionary
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beslobber
beslobber, v. (bɪˈslɒbə(r)) Also 4–5 bislaber. [f. be- 1 + slobber v.] To wet and befoul with saliva (= to beslaver), or with portions of liquid food escaping from the mouth; to kiss like a drivelling child; hence, to kiss childishly or effusively; fig. to cover with fulsome flattery.1393 Langl. P. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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stercorous
stercorous, a. (ˈstɜːkərəs) Also 6 -us. [ad. L. stercorōs-us, f. stercor-, stercus dung: see -ous.] Stercoraceous, excrementitious.1542 Boorde Dyetary xvi. (1870) 272 A swyne..with stercorus matter doth fede in Englande. 1880 Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 719 Unlike Dante, he never permitted the too... Oxford English Dictionary
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bedung
bedung, v. (bɪˈdʌŋ) [f. be- + dung.] trans. To treat with dung or manure; to befoul with dung; also fig.1639 Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. xiv. §157 What he [the thrush] bedungeth, that sprouteth forth to misselen, whence comes bird-lime. 1650 Bp. Hall Cases Consc. 83 Leaving all but his head, to ... Oxford English Dictionary
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imbroin
† imbroin, v. Obs. Var. embroyn, to befoul.1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. i. 74 b, He was imbroined and arraied with the dunge..whereof the Iakes was full. Oxford English Dictionary
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snuddle
† ˈsnuddle, v. Obs.—1 [perh. an error for suddle, but cf. G. schnudeln to snotter, beschnudeln to befoul, etc.] trans. To defile, dirty.1661 K. W. Conf. Charac. (1860) 87 She's a fine dirty hieroglip[h]ick of her pigsty recreations, snuddled and kennel'd over with the dirty sackcloth of her gloomy h... Oxford English Dictionary
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embroyn
† emˈbroyn, v. Obs. rare—1. [cf. Picard embrugner to cover (Littré s.v. Embroncher).] trans. To make dirty, befoul.1574 Newton Health Mag. 34 And never are embroyned with anye filth or diertie slimishnes. Oxford English Dictionary
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bysulp
† byˈsulp, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. by- = be- prefix 2 + sulp v. to sully.] trans. To besully, befoul.c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 575 Þe vylanye..Þat by-sulpez mannez saule in vnsounde hert. Oxford English Dictionary
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