King James Bible Dictionary

SOIL, verb transitive

1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sull; as, to soil a garment with dust. Out wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd.

2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, to soil the earth with blood.

3. To dung; to manure.

TO soil A HORSE, is to purge him by giving him fresh grass.

TO soil A CATTLE, in husbandry, is to feed them with grass daily mowed for them, instead of pasturing them.

SOIL, noun

1. Dirt; and foul matter upon another substance; foulness; apot.

2. Stain; tarnish. A lady's honor will not bear a soil

3. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance with furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particulary adapted to support and nourish them.

4. Land; country. We love our native soil

5. Dung; compost. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.

TO TAKE SOIL, to run into the water, as a deer when pursued.

SOIL'ED, participle passive Fouled; stained; tarnished; manured; fed with grass.

SOIL'INESS, noun Stain; foulness. [Little used.]

SOIL'ING, participle present tense Defiling; fouling; tarnishing; feeding with fresh grass; manuring.

SOIL'ING, noun The act of practice of feeding cattle or horses with fresh grass, instead of pasturing them.

SOIL'LESS, adjective Destitute of soil.

SOIL'URE, noun Stain; pollution [Not in use.]