free-soil
1 of 2adjective
ˈfrē-ˈsȯi(-ə)l 
1
: characterized by free soil
free-soil states
2
capitalized F&S : opposing the extension of slavery into U.S. territories and the admission of slave states into the Union prior to the Civil War
specifically : of, relating to, or being a minor U.S. political party with these aims
Free-Soiler
ˈfrē-ˈsȯi(-ə)-lər
noun Free-Soilism
ˈfrē-ˈsȯi(-ə)-ˌli-zəm
noun free soil
2 of 2noun
: U.S. territory where prior to the Civil War slavery was prohibited
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1827, in the meaning defined above
- by invitation only
- by itself
- by jove
- by leaps and bounds
- by letter
- by machine
- by magic
- by marriage
- by means of
- by mistake
- by mutual consent
- by necessity
- by night
- by no means
- by no stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- by one's lonesome
- by one's own account
- by one's own admission
- by one's own bootstraps
- by one's own hand
- by oneself
- by ourselves
- by popular demand
- by prescription