v. t. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place. ] That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain. [ 1913 Webster ]
A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become soiled;
n. [ OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the foot. ]
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave
Thee, native soil? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Soil pipe,
v. t.
n. [ OF. soil, souil, F. souille, from OF. soillier, F. souiller. See Soil to make dirty. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils,
Yet still the shaft sticks fast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take soil,
O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.[ OE. soilen, OF. soillier, F. souiller, (assumed) LL. suculare, fr. L. sucula a little pig, dim. of sus a swine. See Sow, n. ]
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stain; foulness. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of soil or mold. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]