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▪ I. soiled, ppl. a.1|sɔɪld|
Forms: 3 suiled, 6–7 soyled, 7 soild, 6– soiled.
[f. soil v.1]
Defiled; stained, dirtied. Also fig. Comb. soiled dove Austral. and N. Amer. slang., a prostitute.
a1225Ancr. R. 158 Ich am a man mid suilede lippen. 1530Palsgr. 324/2 Soyled, ord. 1588Kyd Househ. Phil. Wks. (1901) 272 In the Kitchin, or other soyled places which may spoile or ray her garments. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 41 Vpon the soiled gras The dead corse of an armed knight was spred. 1671Milton Samson 123 In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds O're worn and soild. 1693Dryden, etc. Juvenal xv. (1697) 373 One..Licks the soil'd Earth,..While reeking with a mangled Ombite's Blood. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 425 It may be conveniently used for whitening soiled books and prints. 1882Sydney Slang Dict. 8/1 Soiled doves, the ‘midnight meeting’ term for prostitutes and ‘gay’ ladies generally. 1883Thomas Mod. Housewife 22 That cracked mirror, spoiled carpet, and soiled sofa. 1929Soiled dove [see hustler 2 c]. 1962E. Lucia Klondike Kate iii. 95 The line between the dance-hall girls and those of Lousetown was a thin one..because the soiled doves from across the river intermingled in the variety halls to pick up customers.
Comb.1897‘S. Grand’ Beth Book xvi. 140 A white sheet filched from the soiled-clothes bag. 1905M. Barnes-Grundy Vacill. Hazel 59 A soiled-looking man turned the corner of the lane. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 325/3 Soiled Linen Bags..Sack shape. 1939M. Allingham Mr Campion & Others 181 He's only over here for four days and yet he's brought..a neat little soiled-linen bag embroidered with his monogram.
▪ II. soiled, ppl. a.2 rare.
[f. soil v.4]
Fed with fresh-cut green fodder.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 124 The Fitchew, nor the soyled Horse goes too't with a more riotous appetite. 1811Monthly Mag. XXXIV. 393/1 The condition of the soiled cattle and milch cows, surprized even those most convinced of the advantage of the system.
▪ III. soiled, a.
[f. soil n.1]
Having a particular or specified kind of soil.
c1645Howell Lett. I. ii. xv. (1655) 89 The Province..is far greater, more populous, better soyld, and more stor'd with Gentry. 1799[A. Young] Agric. Linc. 9 This sinks again into another part of the various soiled vale to the Wolds. 1815M. Birkbeck Journ. thro' France 68 A surface..as fruitful as a well-soiled plain. |