SOIL

Source: 566, 567

soil. Soil, v.t. to daub, stain, pollute, fully, manure

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Soil (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Soiling.] [[OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. soûler, L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See Satire.]] 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.