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Definition of Soily
1. a. Dirty; soiled.
Definition of Soily
1. Adjective. (obsolete) dirty; soiled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soily
1. dirty [adj SOILIER, SOILIEST] - See also: dirty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soily
Literary usage of Soily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty Years' Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire by John Robert Mortimer (1905)
"460), shows the position of the grave and the relative distribution of the clay,
sand, and soily matter composing the mound. "A" indicates the position of ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"Just above the limit of glaciation a bed of brown soily substance, 10 to 15 feet
thick, and strongly impregnated with humus, forms the surface ; the grains ..."
3. The Book of common prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other by Church of England (1815)
"... the time of pestilence, or oilier infectious sickness) exhort their Parishioners
to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the soily and Blood of ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1842)
"... remarks on the writings of Cowper, and on the beauties of his character, never
before published. 17.— Universal Index, and Every soily't Own Book. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"I 30 soily clay Gravel ;md sand . Clay . . . 6 0 15 0 ft. in 16 0 Gravel and
sand (water) Sandy clay Sand and gravel . Strong clay Sandy gravel 79 0 16 15 6 ..."
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