Definitions
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“We bought a bag of soil for the houseplants.”
“Except during the season in town, she spends her year in golfing, either at St Magnus or Pau, for, like all good Americans, she has long since abjured her native soil.”
“And ſince not only a dead Fathers fame, / But more a Ladies honour muſt be touch’d, / Which nice as Ermines will not bear a Soil ; / Let all retire ; that you alone may hear / What ev’n in whiſpers I won’d tell your ear.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Earth for planting”4 letters
02“Garden dirt”4 letters
03“Earth or dirt”4 letters
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