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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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Begrime :: Begrime (v. t.) To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

Mine :: Mine (v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine..

Underneath :: Underneath (adv.) Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil..

Stonebrearer :: Stonebrash (n.) A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.

Land :: Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land..

Bedraggle :: Bedraggle (v. t.) To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc..

Light :: Light (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed..

Begrease :: Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

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..

Mould :: Mould (v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil..

Beslime :: Beslime (v. t.) To daub with slime; to soil.

Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..

Befoul :: Befoul (a.) To make foul; to soil.

Dirty :: Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands..

Listing :: Listing (n.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops..

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.

Ochreous :: Ochreous (a.) Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil..

Besmirch :: Besmirch (v. t.) To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

Muddy :: Muddy (v. t.) To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.