1. To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust. Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. Milton.
2. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. Shak.
Syn. — To foul; dirt; dirty; begrime; bemire; bespatter; besmear; daub; bedaub; stain; tarnish; sully; defile; pollute.
SOIL
Soil, v. i.
Defn: To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
SOIL
Soil, n. Etym: [See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place.]
Defn: That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil. Dryden.
SOILINESS
Soil"i*ness, n.
Defn: Stain; foulness. [R.] Bacon.
SOILLESS
Soil"less, a.