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dirt-bed Geol. A stratum consisting of ancient vegetable mould; spec. A bed of dark bituminous earth containing the stumps of trees, occurring in the lower Purbeck series of the Isle of Portland, and overlying the Portland oolite.1824 T. Webster in Geol. Trans. (1829) II. 42 A bed about one foot thi... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. dirt, n. (dɜːt) Forms: 4–5 drit, dryt, dritt(e, dryte, (4 dryit), 5 drytt, 5–6 dyrt(e, 5–7 durt, 5– dirt. [By metathesis from ME. drit, not known in OE. and prob. a. ON. drit neuter, excrement (mod. Icel. dritr masc., Norw. dritt); cf. also MDu. drete, Du. dreet, Fl. drits, drets excrement: see... Oxford English Dictionary
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