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Soil
Soil Soil, v. i.
To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark
ones.
Soil
Soil Soil, v. t.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the
dirt, but that they expect a crop. --South.
SoilSoil Soil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Soiling.] [OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. so[^u]ler,
L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See
Satire.]
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. SoilSoil Soil, 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.]
1. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound
substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is
particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
2. Land; country.
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee,
native soil? --Milton.
3. Dung; f[ae]ces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.
--Mortimer.
Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. SoilSoil Soil, 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.]
1. To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to
dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.
--Milton.
2. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish;
to sully. --Shak.
Syn: To foul; dirt; dirty; begrime; bemire; bespatter;
besmear; daub; bedaub; stain; tarnish; sully; defile;
pollute.
Meaning of Soil from wikipedia
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plants and
soil organisms. Some
scientific definitions distinguish dirt from
soil by
restricting the
former term
specifically to
displaced soil.
Soil consists...
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stylized as
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American alternative metal band that was
formed in Chicago,
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After some
independent releases, the...
- The Free
Soil Party, also
called the Free
Democratic Party or the Free Democracy, was a
political party in the
United States from 1848 to 1854, when it...
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Soil contamination,
soil pollution, or land
pollution as a part of land
degradation is
caused by the
presence of
xenobiotic (human-made)
chemicals or other...
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Soil science is the
study of
soil as a
natural resource on the
surface of the
Earth including soil formation,
classification and mapping; physical, chemical...
- The
Soil Stradivarius (pronounced [swal]) of 1714 is an
antique violin made by
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Cremona (1644–1737). It is one of...
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Black soil may
refer to: Chernozem,
fertile black soils found in
eastern Europe, Russia,
India and the
Canadian prairies Muck (
soil), a
soil made up primarily...
- A
soil horizon is a
layer parallel to the
soil surface whose physical,
chemical and
biological characteristics differ from the
layers above and beneath...
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Soil salinity is the salt
content in the
soil; the
process of
increasing the salt
content is
known as salinization.
Salts occur naturally within soils...
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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
formerly known as the
Soil Conservation Service (SCS), is an
agency of the
United States Department of Agriculture...
