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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Racy :: Racy (superl.) Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich..
Slickens :: Slickens (n.) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines..
Cultivator :: Cultivator (n.) One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature..
Spatter :: Spatter (v. t.) Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner..
Listing :: Listing (n.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..
Geoscopy :: Geoscopy (n.) Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
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..
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.
Soil :: Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil..
Undersoil :: Undersoil (n.) The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Soil :: Soil (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Aeration :: Aeration (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc..
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Unfruitful :: Unfruitful (a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort..
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (v. t.) To soil with flyspecks.
Knawel :: Knawel (n.) A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil..
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy..
Serf :: Serf (v. t.) A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia..
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