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soily
adj 4
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2ADJ.
touching
VERB + SOILY
wash
Definitions
adj
1
Covered in soil; earthy.
A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
2
Resembling or characteristic of soil.
3
Dirty; soiled.
Methinks, Miſs, ſaid Sally, you are a little ſoily, to what we have ſeen you.
4
Apt to stain.
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A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
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Methinks, Miſs, ſaid Sally, you are a little ſoily, to what we have ſeen you.
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