(soil) noun
1. Finely divided rock mixed with decayed vegetable or animal matter, constituting that portion of the surface of the earth in which plants grow.
2. The ground in general; native land; country.
3. A mixture of lampblack, glue, and water used in plumbing. See synonyms under LAND. [<OF soile, sueil <L solium a seat, mistaken for solum the ground]

(soil) v.t.
1. To make dirty; smudge.
2. To disgrace; defile.
3. Obs. To manure.
—v.i.
4. To become dirty. See synonyms under BLEMISH, DEFILE¹, POLLUTE, STAIN.
—noun
1. That which soils; foul matter; a foul spot; hence, a taint.
2. Manure: confused in use with soil¹.
3. A slough or marshy place in which a hunted boar takes refuge; hence, water or a wet place resorted to by other game. [<OF soillier, ult. <L suculus, dim. of sus a pig]

(soil) v.t.
1. To feed and fatten, as stalled cattle, with freshly cut, green food.
2. To purge with green food. [? <OF saoler, saouler fill <L satullare <satullus, dim. of satur sated]