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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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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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Land; country. |
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Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil. |
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To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. |
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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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To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty;
to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust. |
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To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to
sully. |
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To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark
ones. |
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That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain. |