Definition of soil

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Soil (v. t.) 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..

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Soil :: Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil..
Bemoil :: Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
Soiling :: Soiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soi.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..
Assoilment :: Assoilment (n.) Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal..
Goodness :: Goodness (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc..
Subsoil :: Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil..
Plough :: Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow..
"aggregate :: Aggregate (v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. The aggregated soil..
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To remove; to put off.
Soil :: Soil (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Bemire :: Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt..
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
Soiliness :: Soiliness (n.) Stain; foulness.
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments..
Slop :: Slop (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Antimacassar :: Antimacassar (n.) A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair..
Dog-eared :: Dog-eared (a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
Agricolist :: Agricolist (n.) A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
Grime :: Grime (v. t.) To sully or soil deeply; to dirt.
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