Definition of soil

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Soil (n.) 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..

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Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Bemire :: Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil..
Auger :: Auger (n.) An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water..
Soiliness :: Soiliness (n.) Stain; foulness.
Ochreous :: Ochreous (a.) Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil..
Loam :: Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due..
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
Soil :: 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..
Dingy :: Dingy (superl.) Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Soil :: Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil..
Enrich :: Enrich (v. t.) To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation..
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To expiate; to atone for.
Sandy :: Sandy (superl.) Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil..
Productive :: Productive (a.) Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products..
Slop :: Slop (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Lysimeter :: Lysimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.
Contaminate :: Contaminate (v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..
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