foul matter
Americannoun
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Like abandoned roads that soon become filled with weeds and rubbish, unused nostrils become filled with impurities and foul matter.
From The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath by William Walker Atkinson
The only safety with a water-closet, as with any other vessel connected with the drainage of the house, is to secure an immediate and complete washing away of all foul matter of every kind.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Filth, filth, n. foul matter: anything that defiles, physically or morally.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Even the public esplanade has to be shunned, the silt from the sewer which is being used for reclaiming being a mass of foul matter.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
Much of this foul matter is washed by rains into their tanks and pools of water, which they use indiscriminately for washing, cooking, and drinking purposes.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
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