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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Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine..
Smear :: Smear (n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy..
Soil :: Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Earthworm :: Earthworm (n.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm..
Fruitful :: Fruitful (a.) Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife..
Begrease :: Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
Antimacassar :: Antimacassar (n.) A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair..
Dog-eared :: Dog-eared (a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
Reeky :: Reeky (a.) Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Subsolary :: Subsoil (v. t.) To turn up the subsoil of.
Snuffy :: Snuffy (a.) Soiled with snuff.
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..
Befoul :: Befoul (a.) To make foul; to soil.
Listing :: Listing (n.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops..
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..
Beslime :: Beslime (v. t.) To daub with slime; to soil.
Beray :: Beray (v. t.) To make foul; to soil; to defile.
Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting..
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