Soil
Definition of Soil
Pronunciation: soil v. t. | 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. | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Land; country. | | 3. | Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil. | v. t. | 1. | To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. | n. | 1. | 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. | v. t. | 1. | To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust. | | 2. | To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. | v. i. | 1. | To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones. | n. | 1. | That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain. |
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