bedraggling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BEDRAG'GLING, participle present tense Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud. BEDRENCH'verb intransitive [be and drench.] To drench; to soak; to saturate with moisture; applied to things which imbibe moisture.
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