Definition of soil

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Soil (n.) 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..

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Peasant :: Peasant (n.) A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries..
Humus :: Humus (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.
Soiling :: Soiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soi.
Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Surfacer :: Surface (v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold..
Benzine :: Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc..
Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Undersoil :: Undersoil (n.) The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry 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..
Black :: Black (a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
Plough :: Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything..
Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Glebe :: Glebe (n.) Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Snuffy :: Snuffy (a.) Soiled with snuff.
Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas..
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