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soil

noun

  1. natural body consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals
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verb

  1. make dirty, particularly with feces
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/ / [sɔɪ̯ɫ]

noun

Etymology: From Middle English soyl, from Old French soil, souil (“quagmire, marsh”), from Frankish *sōlja, *saulja (“mire, miry place, wallow”), from Proto-Germanic *saulijō (“mud, puddle, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old English syle, sylu, sylen (“miry place, wallow”), Old High German sol, gisol (“miry place”), German Suhle (“a wallow, mud pit, muddy pool”).

  1. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

verb

Etymology: From Old French saoler, saouler (“to satiate”).

  1. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.

    “to soil a horse”