Of soil: firm or compact; (in later use also) able to sustain good plant growth, as through high nutrient content. Of land: consisting of such soil.

Of close tenacious substance or texture; strongly cohesive, so as to be pliable or ductile; not easily broken, divided, or disintegrated; not…

Fairly strong (in various senses).

Of soil: ? Firm, not boggy. Obsolete.