Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIRT, n. [durt; Sax. gedritan; D. dryten; Ice. drit, cacare.]

1. Any foul or filthy substance; excrement; earth; mud; mire; dust; whatever adhering to any thing, renders it foul or unclean. The fat closed, and the dirt came out. – Judges iii. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. – Is. lvii.
2. Meanness; sordidness. [Not in use.]