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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Undersoil :: Undersoil (n.) The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Soil :: Soil (v. i.) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones..
Cultivator :: Cultivator (n.) One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature..
Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Culture :: Culture (n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil..
Light :: Light (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil..
Geoscopy :: Geoscopy (n.) Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection..
Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil..
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Soilure :: Soilure (n.) Stain; pollution.
Malaria :: Malaria (n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma..
Easement :: Easement (n.) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude..
Saur :: Saur (n.) Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
Soil :: Soil (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Draggle :: Draggle (v. t.) To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail..
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (v. t.) To soil with flyspecks.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..
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