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noun sɔɪlsɔɪl mass noun1The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles. 泥土，土壤 blueberries need very acid soil count noun rotary cultivators are ideal, particularly on difficult soils Example sentencesExamples - Sick plants or plants grown in contaminated soil may have altered chemistries.
- Red soil and sandy loam were most suitable for plant cultivation, compared to clay soil or clay loam soil.
- Bacteria and insects break down organic material to produce soil and nutrients so plants can grow.
- The Kirkland silt loam soil at the wheat pasture research unit is typical of much of the cropland in north central Oklahoma.
- The land is clearly farm country this morning - fields worked smooth, crops sprouted, sun on black soil and green plant.
- Plants were grown in soil in a growth chamber and watered daily.
- Water only helps the chemical reactions take place, but a plant still needs healthy soil in which to grow.
- Camellias like acid soil so plant in a clay pot filled with ericaceous compost.
- When the play area was first provided it was in a terrible state with bare clay soil and loose rocks littering the ground.
- In heavy clay soils, plant the rhizomes so the upper bud is no more than 1 to 2 inches below the surface.
- Plants were grown in soil and given full nutrition and irrigation throughout.
- This drainage system is made up of a lower layer of rough, nonporous material and an upper layer of porous soil and sand.
- Aspergillus fumigatus is a common fungus that grows on soil, plant debris and rotting vegetation in the autumn and winter.
- A number of sand martins currently nest in the upper layer of soil on the cliff at Glengad.
- The age of a find is usually estimated by dating the layers of rock or soil above and below it, most commonly lava fields in Japan.
- Instead, farmers rely on developing a healthy, fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops.
- A restriction in leaf elongation in plants growing in drying soil is a well-reported phenomenon.
- The white syringa prefers sandy or alluvial soils while the mountain syringa grows more readily in a clay loam soil.
- All sites showed indications of soil slumping, and the loam to silt loam soil was derived from glacial till.
- Many soils have a topsoil layer that is more permeable than the clay subsoil.
Synonyms earth, loam, sod, ground, dirt, clay, turf, topsoil, mould, humus, marl, dust - 1.1 The territory of a particular nation.
国土；领土 the stationing of US troops on Japanese soil 美国军队在日本领土上的驻扎。 Example sentencesExamples - As we went to press last night, some of the many acts set to entertain the masses this weekend, were already landing on Irish soil.
- Opposition politicians say the mission violates a constitutional clause which restricts foreign combat troops on sovereign soil.
- England had not tasted defeat in the Five / Six nations championship on home soil since 1997.
- Exploits on foreign soils seem a far cry from everyday life in Carlow town but that is what several men and women must put to the back of their minds everyday.
- With external enemies on its soils, internal opponents were dealt with harshly.
- The Greens also opposed both the construction of nuclear power stations and the stationing of nuclear weapons on German soil.
- Foreign troops on their soil against their will is deeply familiar.
- And the right of FEMA or any branch of the federal government for that matter to issue such a ban on American soil seems highly dubious to me.
- This is officially the last article I will write until I am on another continent's soil.
- This, in effect, brings into replay the colonial practice of extra-territoriality enjoyed by colonisers and adventurers on foreign soils.
- Nestling around the ruins of the abbey where Mary Queen of Scots spent her last night on Scottish soil, the village of Dundrennan is a picture postcard of tranquillity.
- RAF Elvington became quite literally a French enclave, a foreign territory on Yorkshire soil and the only one of its kind in Britain.
- During his first visit here in February 1986, he bowed and kissed the soil as a mark of respect to the land of spirituality.
- Yet somehow or other she got herself to Holland, then made several cross-channel ferry trips until finally being allowed to land on British soil just as war broke out.
- Such sentiments carried the day even when British troops invaded American soil two decades later.
- If Britain is successful in their Olympic bid it will be 2012 before the British public has the chance to witness an Olympic medal ceremony on home soil - so why waste this chance?
- I am delighted to see that our games are going to get exposure on foreign soils, in places like Rome, for example, with the Railway Cup hurling final.
Synonyms territory, land, space, terra firma domain, dominion, orbit, jurisdiction, region, country
Derivativesadjective The plants were grown in pots using a soil-less compost of peat and sand. Example sentencesExamples - Hole recommends choosing a high quality potting soil, which is actually a soil-less mix, to keep things as simple as possible.
- A soil-less technique eliminates the heaviest part of a garden - namely, the soil - and is relatively easy to set up using store-bought basins or recycled materials.
- If you still prefer the soil-less method, I would encourage you to invest in a spouter that has multiple layers and trays with drainage holes.
- There are several different ways to garden hydroponically, but the common denominators between the methods are the water, the hydroponic nutrient, and the soil-less substrate.
adjective
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, perhaps representing Latin solium 'seat', by association with solum 'ground'. You might think that soil meaning ‘earth’ and soil meaning ‘to make dirty’ are linked, but they are quite distinct words. When you use the noun to refer to ‘home soil’ or ‘foreign soil’ you are using the word in its original sense. It came from Old French and once referred to a land or country: ‘The man who with undaunted toils / Sails unknown seas, to unknown soils’ (John Gay, 1727). It could also refer to the ground, and later to the layer of earth that plants grow in. The verb soil, ‘to make dirty’, comes from Old French soiller, which was based on Latin sucula ‘a little pig’. Pigs are not as dirty as their reputation suggests, but there is presumably the idea of making a place into a pigsty behind the use of the English word.
Rhymesboil, Boyle, broil, coil, Dáil, Doyle, embroil, Fianna Fáil, foil, Hoyle, moil, noil, oil, roil, Royle, spoil, toil, voile verb sɔɪlsɔɪl [with object]1Make dirty. 弄脏，弄污 he might soil his expensive suit 他可能会弄污他昂贵的西装。 Example sentencesExamples - Two professional cleaners had been sent to the property to clean the blackened cream carpet, soiled by wild parties, but with little success.
- The shop owner claimed that the cloak was soiled with red wine and food stains, and that the train of the cloak had been damaged by a stiletto heel.
- His clothes were soiled and torn, his face was dirty and dried blood crusted around several scratches he had received.
- Some taxis are dusty and oily on the inside, soiling passengers' clothes.
- The mud splattered over him again, soiling his clothes even more.
- His orange suit was soiled by slimy machine oil, but he didn't mind the mess.
- She kicked her feet onto the desk, soiling his pristine papers with her muddy boots with the thick, tar-like muck, glad her train of thought was redirected.
- Dirt smeared her face and soiled her hair; she had always been beautiful and confident and cheerful, how could someone do this to her?
- The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled or damaged in any way.
- She just blots the soiled carpets with some paper towels.
- The letters were later delivered to the homes in Livingstone Road with a note from the Royal Mail's Bradford North delivery manager, David Gavin, explaining why the envelopes were soiled.
- DNA tests can be soiled, fingerprints smudged, and so on.
- In New Delhi, India, it is smog that hangs over the city, pollution that literally soils everything it touches and makes many people sick.
- Public property is sometimes damaged and soiled, public sensibilities are usually trampled.
- If the envelope is dirty, soiled with ink smudges and addressed with nearly indecipherable writing, would you take the time to open it and find out what's inside?
- Mom was busily cooking, but of course, Muriel couldn't bring herself to soil her hands.
- He waited for the door to close before taking off in a mad sprint, dropping all of his sketchbooks as he ran, muddy shoes soiling the pages, tearing them.
- This weekend, the ‘black tide’ of oil spilled by the Prestige last week before it was towed out to sea was still soiling a 240-mile stretch of coast in the north-west Galicia region.
- That means the town centre is soiled with around 200,000 sticky stains.
- The woman went back into her bedroom and slipped into an old pair of tattered jeans and soiled t-shirt from off the floor and plucked the blue contacts out from her eyes, replacing them with glasses.
Synonyms dirty, get/make dirty, get/make filthy, blacken, grime, begrime, stain, muddy, splash, spot, spatter, splatter, smear, smudge, sully, spoil, defile, pollute, contaminate, foul, befoul informal make mucky, muck up - 1.1 Make dirty by defecating in or on.
Example sentencesExamples - At this point if I were her, I'd be soiling my pants for giving these egomaniacs 7 million dollars, or some fraction thereof.
- If you're that worried about soiling your khakis - really, heaven forbid you should soil your precious khakis - wear Depends under your Dockers.
- Be a responsible pet owner and keep your parrot from damaging or soiling the room in any way.
- But, by the same token, could a monkey be blamed for throwing around his own feces, or a fish blamed for soiling his water?
- The day I met him, his dirty t-shirt and soiled pants revealed that he was living on the streets.
- These strategies take into account the Shih Tzu's reluctance to soil the spots where he eats and sleeps.
- Both girls have displayed other troubling behaviour since arriving in care, including: H.T. ducking her head when chastised, both girls soiling their underpants and smearing feces when upset.
- Still, Akiko wrinkles her nose as the instructor describes a 95-year-old patient who soils her futon.
- Pity the next poor fool to pass through that spot, they're probably going to soil their pants.
- You never see a man fall off a roof and spearing himself on a railing, or a kid getting eaten by an alligator, or an old lady soiling herself at a wedding.
- His face was dirty and streaked from tears and his pants were soiled.
- Does this mean that dogs will have to be kept on leads on Woodstown beach and that their owners will be fined if they do not bring their pooper scooper with them and use it whenever their mutt soils the beach?
- The Tidy Towns committee are appealing to dog owners to keep their dogs from soiling the village.
- Most authors don't need clips, but now I'm in the position of having to prove that I'm not covered with boils and unable to speak without bursting into sweat and soiling myself.
- In one study, 63 percent of children with constipation and soiling had painful defecation that began before three years of age.
- If an old person soils the bed, the carer may not be able to bear to deal with it, so they will just leave the person in that dreadful state until the home help arrives, and then pretend it has only just happened.
- Eventually, you become a beloved puppy that is always forgiven for soiling the carpet.
- That said, this is a Disney movie and probably not supposed to have kids soiling their diapers in terror.
- 1.2 Bring discredit to; tarnish.
〈喻〉玷污；败坏 what good is there in soiling your daughter's reputation? 玷污你女儿的名声有什么好处？ Example sentencesExamples - Or was he, as some have claimed, indulging in the kind of win-at-all-costs cheating that is increasingly soiling the Beautiful Game?
- The opening scene is an interview - about the wretchedness of conditions in the theatre, poking fun at the cumbersome bureaucracy which soils it.
- The bad news for his rivals, however, is that protest candidates have proved very effective at indelibly soiling whatever image the party is trying to convey at the moment.
- No living politician can match his talent for soiling himself in public.
- When you return the advances, they act as if you're soiled and spoiled.
- Despite being destined from the early stages to win at a canter, they spoiled and soiled their display with a series of other cynical acts.
Synonyms damage, sully, injure, stain, blacken, tarnish, taint, besmirch, blemish, defile, blot, smear, bring discredit to, dishonour, drag through the mud
noun sɔɪlsɔɪl mass noun1Waste matter, especially sewage containing excrement. 污秽（尤指含粪便的污水）。参见NIGHT SOIL See also night soil Example sentencesExamples - Only when the specialists had cleared an area were general contractors allowed to dig deeper and take waste soil to Oldham.
- He can then charge the companies per truckload of waste soil.
- Hazardous waste includes contaminated soil, paint, solvent residues, asbestos and highly acidic and alkaline solids.
- The enormous pile of soil and waste below the terrace has now been there for two years as well, with no signs of any effort to clear up the mess.
- Wounds contaminated with barnyard soil, sewage, or colon contents need special care.
- The company is also considering removing the waste and surrounding contaminated soil.
- Avoid handling cat litter or soil; they can contain a parasite that causes an infection called toxoplasmosis.
- These handle rubbish including rubble and soil, metals and ‘white goods’ such as fridges and cookers, car batteries and motor oil.
- Purton already has a domestic recycling unit and an industrial waste site that accepts contaminated soil.
- The tube was filled with a nasty sludge of soil, litter and water.
- Railways were built for access and for the removal of waste soil.
- Work is proceeding on clearing the open space in Oakridge Road used by the contractors to dump soil and waste during the building work.
- 1.1archaic count noun A stain or discolouring mark.
〈古〉污点；污记
OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French soiller, based on Latin sucula, diminutive of sus 'pig'. The earliest use of the noun (late Middle English) was 'muddy wallow for wild boar'; current noun senses date from the early 16th century. verb sɔɪlsɔɪl [with object]rare Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them). 〈罕〉喂（牛）青饲料（原指使它们排出积粪） Example sentencesExamples - Indian corn makes an exceedingly valuable fodder, both as a means of carrying a herd of milch cows through our severe droughts of summer, and as an article for soiling cows kept in the stall.
- But, wherever these vigorous plants can be grown successfully, it is easy to obtain from them large quantities of fodder, both for soiling cattle in summer and for making hay against the winter's need, and this at comparatively small cost for labor and manure.
OriginEarly 17th century: perhaps from soil2. nounsɔɪlsoil 1The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles. 泥土，土壤 blueberries need very acid soil figurative the Garden State has provided fertile soil for the specialty beer market Example sentencesExamples - This drainage system is made up of a lower layer of rough, nonporous material and an upper layer of porous soil and sand.
- Camellias like acid soil so plant in a clay pot filled with ericaceous compost.
- Many soils have a topsoil layer that is more permeable than the clay subsoil.
- Bacteria and insects break down organic material to produce soil and nutrients so plants can grow.
- A restriction in leaf elongation in plants growing in drying soil is a well-reported phenomenon.
- In heavy clay soils, plant the rhizomes so the upper bud is no more than 1 to 2 inches below the surface.
- All sites showed indications of soil slumping, and the loam to silt loam soil was derived from glacial till.
- Instead, farmers rely on developing a healthy, fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops.
- A number of sand martins currently nest in the upper layer of soil on the cliff at Glengad.
- Aspergillus fumigatus is a common fungus that grows on soil, plant debris and rotting vegetation in the autumn and winter.
- The Kirkland silt loam soil at the wheat pasture research unit is typical of much of the cropland in north central Oklahoma.
- The age of a find is usually estimated by dating the layers of rock or soil above and below it, most commonly lava fields in Japan.
- Plants were grown in soil and given full nutrition and irrigation throughout.
- Plants were grown in soil in a growth chamber and watered daily.
- When the play area was first provided it was in a terrible state with bare clay soil and loose rocks littering the ground.
- The land is clearly farm country this morning - fields worked smooth, crops sprouted, sun on black soil and green plant.
- Water only helps the chemical reactions take place, but a plant still needs healthy soil in which to grow.
- Sick plants or plants grown in contaminated soil may have altered chemistries.
- The white syringa prefers sandy or alluvial soils while the mountain syringa grows more readily in a clay loam soil.
- Red soil and sandy loam were most suitable for plant cultivation, compared to clay soil or clay loam soil.
Synonyms earth, loam, sod, ground, dirt, clay, turf, topsoil, mould, humus, marl, dust - 1.1 The territory of a particular nation.
国土；领土 the stationing of U.S. troops on Japanese soil 美国军队在日本领土上的驻扎。 Example sentencesExamples - As we went to press last night, some of the many acts set to entertain the masses this weekend, were already landing on Irish soil.
- Such sentiments carried the day even when British troops invaded American soil two decades later.
- Yet somehow or other she got herself to Holland, then made several cross-channel ferry trips until finally being allowed to land on British soil just as war broke out.
- This, in effect, brings into replay the colonial practice of extra-territoriality enjoyed by colonisers and adventurers on foreign soils.
- If Britain is successful in their Olympic bid it will be 2012 before the British public has the chance to witness an Olympic medal ceremony on home soil - so why waste this chance?
- With external enemies on its soils, internal opponents were dealt with harshly.
- England had not tasted defeat in the Five / Six nations championship on home soil since 1997.
- Foreign troops on their soil against their will is deeply familiar.
- Opposition politicians say the mission violates a constitutional clause which restricts foreign combat troops on sovereign soil.
- This is officially the last article I will write until I am on another continent's soil.
- The Greens also opposed both the construction of nuclear power stations and the stationing of nuclear weapons on German soil.
- Exploits on foreign soils seem a far cry from everyday life in Carlow town but that is what several men and women must put to the back of their minds everyday.
- And the right of FEMA or any branch of the federal government for that matter to issue such a ban on American soil seems highly dubious to me.
- RAF Elvington became quite literally a French enclave, a foreign territory on Yorkshire soil and the only one of its kind in Britain.
- Nestling around the ruins of the abbey where Mary Queen of Scots spent her last night on Scottish soil, the village of Dundrennan is a picture postcard of tranquillity.
- During his first visit here in February 1986, he bowed and kissed the soil as a mark of respect to the land of spirituality.
- I am delighted to see that our games are going to get exposure on foreign soils, in places like Rome, for example, with the Railway Cup hurling final.
Synonyms territory, land, space, terra firma
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, perhaps representing Latin solium ‘seat’, by association with solum ‘ground’. verbsoilsɔɪl [with object]1Make dirty. 弄脏，弄污 he might soil his expensive suit 他可能会弄污他昂贵的西装。 Example sentencesExamples - His orange suit was soiled by slimy machine oil, but he didn't mind the mess.
- She kicked her feet onto the desk, soiling his pristine papers with her muddy boots with the thick, tar-like muck, glad her train of thought was redirected.
- He waited for the door to close before taking off in a mad sprint, dropping all of his sketchbooks as he ran, muddy shoes soiling the pages, tearing them.
- The mud splattered over him again, soiling his clothes even more.
- That means the town centre is soiled with around 200,000 sticky stains.
- Some taxis are dusty and oily on the inside, soiling passengers' clothes.
- The letters were later delivered to the homes in Livingstone Road with a note from the Royal Mail's Bradford North delivery manager, David Gavin, explaining why the envelopes were soiled.
- DNA tests can be soiled, fingerprints smudged, and so on.
- In New Delhi, India, it is smog that hangs over the city, pollution that literally soils everything it touches and makes many people sick.
- Dirt smeared her face and soiled her hair; she had always been beautiful and confident and cheerful, how could someone do this to her?
- Public property is sometimes damaged and soiled, public sensibilities are usually trampled.
- The woman went back into her bedroom and slipped into an old pair of tattered jeans and soiled t-shirt from off the floor and plucked the blue contacts out from her eyes, replacing them with glasses.
- Mom was busily cooking, but of course, Muriel couldn't bring herself to soil her hands.
- The shop owner claimed that the cloak was soiled with red wine and food stains, and that the train of the cloak had been damaged by a stiletto heel.
- This weekend, the ‘black tide’ of oil spilled by the Prestige last week before it was towed out to sea was still soiling a 240-mile stretch of coast in the north-west Galicia region.
- If the envelope is dirty, soiled with ink smudges and addressed with nearly indecipherable writing, would you take the time to open it and find out what's inside?
- She just blots the soiled carpets with some paper towels.
- Two professional cleaners had been sent to the property to clean the blackened cream carpet, soiled by wild parties, but with little success.
- The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled or damaged in any way.
- His clothes were soiled and torn, his face was dirty and dried blood crusted around several scratches he had received.
Synonyms dirty, get dirty, make dirty, get filthy, make filthy, blacken, grime, begrime, stain, muddy, splash, spot, spatter, splatter, smear, smudge, sully, spoil, defile, pollute, contaminate, foul, befoul - 1.1 (especially of a child, patient, or pet) make (something) dirty by defecating in or on it.
（尤指小孩、病人、宠物）排泄大便而弄脏 Example sentencesExamples - That said, this is a Disney movie and probably not supposed to have kids soiling their diapers in terror.
- Most authors don't need clips, but now I'm in the position of having to prove that I'm not covered with boils and unable to speak without bursting into sweat and soiling myself.
- But, by the same token, could a monkey be blamed for throwing around his own feces, or a fish blamed for soiling his water?
- At this point if I were her, I'd be soiling my pants for giving these egomaniacs 7 million dollars, or some fraction thereof.
- The Tidy Towns committee are appealing to dog owners to keep their dogs from soiling the village.
- Eventually, you become a beloved puppy that is always forgiven for soiling the carpet.
- The day I met him, his dirty t-shirt and soiled pants revealed that he was living on the streets.
- Both girls have displayed other troubling behaviour since arriving in care, including: H.T. ducking her head when chastised, both girls soiling their underpants and smearing feces when upset.
- If you're that worried about soiling your khakis - really, heaven forbid you should soil your precious khakis - wear Depends under your Dockers.
- These strategies take into account the Shih Tzu's reluctance to soil the spots where he eats and sleeps.
- His face was dirty and streaked from tears and his pants were soiled.
- Still, Akiko wrinkles her nose as the instructor describes a 95-year-old patient who soils her futon.
- If an old person soils the bed, the carer may not be able to bear to deal with it, so they will just leave the person in that dreadful state until the home help arrives, and then pretend it has only just happened.
- You never see a man fall off a roof and spearing himself on a railing, or a kid getting eaten by an alligator, or an old lady soiling herself at a wedding.
- Be a responsible pet owner and keep your parrot from damaging or soiling the room in any way.
- Pity the next poor fool to pass through that spot, they're probably going to soil their pants.
- Does this mean that dogs will have to be kept on leads on Woodstown beach and that their owners will be fined if they do not bring their pooper scooper with them and use it whenever their mutt soils the beach?
- In one study, 63 percent of children with constipation and soiling had painful defecation that began before three years of age.
- 1.2 Bring discredit to; tarnish.
〈喻〉玷污；败坏 what good is there in soiling your daughter's reputation? 玷污你女儿的名声有什么好处？ Example sentencesExamples - Or was he, as some have claimed, indulging in the kind of win-at-all-costs cheating that is increasingly soiling the Beautiful Game?
- Despite being destined from the early stages to win at a canter, they spoiled and soiled their display with a series of other cynical acts.
- The opening scene is an interview - about the wretchedness of conditions in the theatre, poking fun at the cumbersome bureaucracy which soils it.
- The bad news for his rivals, however, is that protest candidates have proved very effective at indelibly soiling whatever image the party is trying to convey at the moment.
- When you return the advances, they act as if you're soiled and spoiled.
- No living politician can match his talent for soiling himself in public.
Synonyms damage, sully, injure, stain, blacken, tarnish, taint, besmirch, blemish, defile, blot, smear, bring discredit to, dishonour, drag through the mud
nounsoilsɔɪl 1Waste matter, especially sewage containing excrement. 污秽（尤指含粪便的污水）。参见NIGHT SOIL See also night soil Example sentencesExamples - Wounds contaminated with barnyard soil, sewage, or colon contents need special care.
- Avoid handling cat litter or soil; they can contain a parasite that causes an infection called toxoplasmosis.
- Only when the specialists had cleared an area were general contractors allowed to dig deeper and take waste soil to Oldham.
- The tube was filled with a nasty sludge of soil, litter and water.
- These handle rubbish including rubble and soil, metals and ‘white goods’ such as fridges and cookers, car batteries and motor oil.
- The enormous pile of soil and waste below the terrace has now been there for two years as well, with no signs of any effort to clear up the mess.
- Hazardous waste includes contaminated soil, paint, solvent residues, asbestos and highly acidic and alkaline solids.
- The company is also considering removing the waste and surrounding contaminated soil.
- He can then charge the companies per truckload of waste soil.
- Railways were built for access and for the removal of waste soil.
- Work is proceeding on clearing the open space in Oakridge Road used by the contractors to dump soil and waste during the building work.
- Purton already has a domestic recycling unit and an industrial waste site that accepts contaminated soil.
- 1.1archaic A stain or discoloring mark.
〈古〉污点；污记
OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French soiller, based on Latin sucula, diminutive of sus ‘pig’. The earliest use of the noun ( late Middle English) was ‘muddy wallow for wild boar’; current noun senses date from the early 16th century. verbsoilsɔɪl [with object]rare Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them). 〈罕〉喂（牛）青饲料（原指使它们排出积粪） Example sentencesExamples - But, wherever these vigorous plants can be grown successfully, it is easy to obtain from them large quantities of fodder, both for soiling cattle in summer and for making hay against the winter's need, and this at comparatively small cost for labor and manure.
- Indian corn makes an exceedingly valuable fodder, both as a means of carrying a herd of milch cows through our severe droughts of summer, and as an article for soiling cows kept in the stall.
OriginEarly 17th century: perhaps from soil. |