Muddied, 1) soiled: “I have held familiarity with fresher clothes, but I am now m. in fortune's mood, and smell somewhat strong of her strong displeasure,” All's V, 2, 4. “has fallen into the unclean fishpond of her displeasure, and, as he says, is m. withal,” All's V, 2, 4
2) made turbid (like a fountain): “the people m., thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers,” Hml. IV, 5, 81.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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