1. (v. t.) 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 (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.

2. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) Land; country.

4. (n.) Dung; feces; compost; manure; as, night soil.

5. (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

6. (n.) 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.

7. (n.) To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.

8. (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

9. (v. i.) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.

10. (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

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