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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Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Dirty :: Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To set free; to release.
Loam :: Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due..
Superfine :: Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil..
Free-soil :: Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..
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..
Soiled :: Soiled (imp. & p. p.) of Soi.
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To soil; to stain.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
Filth :: Filth (n.) Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
Overalls :: Overalls (n. pl.) A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
Soil :: Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field..
Blur :: Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink..
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils..
Soil :: Soil (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully..
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