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English Dictionary: soiled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soiled
adj
  1. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
    Synonym(s): dirty, soiled, unclean
    Antonym(s): clean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soil \Soil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Soiling}.] [OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. so[96]ler,
      L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See
      {Satire}.]
      To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure,
      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.
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