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soil

SOIL, v.t.

1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sull; as, to soil a garment with dust. Out wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd.

2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, to soil the earth with blood.

3. To dung; to manure.


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SOIL, v.t.

1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sull; as, to soil a garment with dust. Out wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd.

2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, to soil the earth with blood.

3. To dung; to manure.

SOIL, n. [G. süle. See the verb.]

  1. Dirt; any foul matter upon another substance; foulness; spot.
  2. Stain; tarnish. A lady's honor … will not beat a soil. – Dryden.
  3. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them. [L. solum, W. swl.]
  4. Land; country. We love our native soil.
  5. Dung; compost. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. – Mortimer. To take soil, to run into the water, as a deer when pursued. – B. Jonson.

SOIL, v.t. [Sax. selan, sylian; Dan. söler; Sw. söla; Fr. salir, souiller; Arm. salicza; Ir. salaighim. Class Sl, No. 35, Syr.]

  1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sully; as, to soil a garment with dust. Our wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd. – Milton.
  2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, the earth to soil the earth with blood. – Tate.
  3. To dung; to manure. – South. To soil a horse, is to purge him by giving him fresh grass. – Johnson. To soil cattle, in husbandry, is to feed them with grass daily mowed for them, instead of pasturing them.

Soil
  1. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
  2. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
  3. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

    Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. South.

  4. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.

    As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils,
    Yet still the shaft sticks fast.     Marston.

    To take soil, to run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

    O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running. B. Jonson.

  5. To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.

    Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. Milton.

  6. To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
  7. That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

    A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil. Dryden.

  8. Land; country.

    Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave
    Thee, native soil?     Milton.

  9. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

    Shak.

    Syn. -- To foul; dirt; dirty; begrime; bemire; bespatter; besmear; daub; bedaub; stain; tarnish; sully; defile; pollute.

  10. Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil.

    Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. Mortimer.

    Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.

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Soil

SOIL, verb transitive

1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sull; as, to soil a garment with dust. Out wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd.

2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, to soil the earth with blood.

3. To dung; to manure.

TO soil A HORSE, is to purge him by giving him fresh grass.

TO soil A CATTLE, in husbandry, is to feed them with grass daily mowed for them, instead of pasturing them.

SOIL, noun

1. Dirt; and foul matter upon another substance; foulness; apot.

2. Stain; tarnish. A lady's honor will not bear a soil

3. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance with furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particulary adapted to support and nourish them.

4. Land; country. We love our native soil

5. Dung; compost. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.

TO TAKE SOIL, to run into the water, as a deer when pursued.

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