soil
noun
- natural body consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals
verb
- make dirty, particularly with feces
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”).
- 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”).
- 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”