To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
An act of marching in files or lines.
An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
A gutter (for rainwater).
A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.