resoilv.1
/ˌriːˈsɔɪl/, U.S. /riˈsɔɪl/ transitive. To soil or make dirty again. In later use also intransitive: to become soiled again.rare before late 19th cent.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > again
re-bemire1608
resoila1618
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1093 Nither shall my Pen Re-purple Lisle; nor with dead Grease agen Re-soile the Soile at Courtras [Fr. que la plaine fertile De Coutras se rengraisse].
1885 W. W. Gill Jottings from Pacific ii. ii. 117 If you chance to soil a new garment,..it will never be as pleasing to look upon as at first. Each time it is resoiled, do what you will, there is an evident deterioration.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xvii. 258 Soiled dishes were washed and resoiled. Dirty clothes were laundered only to be dirtied again.
1997 Manly (Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 12 June She applies a moisturising cream that forms a temporary protection, keeping the leather soft and less likely to resoil.
2004 S. Kalstone Good Cat! vii. 101 You may need to reseal or repaint the surface after deodorizing to prevent your cat from re-soiling that spot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
resoilv.2
/ˌriːˈsɔɪl/, U.S. /riˈsɔɪl/ transitive. To cover again with soil; to provide with fresh soil. Also intransitive.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > prepare land or soil [verb (transitive)]
sweeten1733
resoil1817
green-soil1859
1817 Niles' National Reg. 24 May 194/1 Levelling and gravelling the towing paths, and dressing and re-soiling the external banks.
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 113 The contractors had to strip the sod..and resoil and resod.
1911 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 5 Mar. 6/1 Practically the entire park must be resoiled and pruned back to insure its future life.
1985 R. Dorje Food in Tibetan Life i. ii. 16 The potatoes are weeded and resoiled around the beginning of the seventh month.
2004 Herald News (Passaic County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 21 Oct. b1 The city plans to reseed and resoil the baseball field.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1a1618v.21817- to go native
- to go near
- to go near hand
- to hang out of the way
- to hang out one's shingle
- to hang out to dry
- to hang over head
- to hang over one's head
- to hang round neck
- to hang round someone's neck
- to hang set up one's shingle
- to hang someone out to dry
- to hang ten
- to hang the arse
- to hang the bell about the cat's neck
- to hang the groin
- to hang the head
- to hang the head down
- to hang the jib
- to hang the lip
- to hang the rap on
- to hang the wing
- to hang to
- to hang together
- to hang together on or in a string