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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stall-feeding with green food.
- noun Green food stall-fed to cattle.
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- verb Present participle of
soil . - noun An act of making dirty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of soiling something
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Examples
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Even though the so-called soiling was infinitesimal, I could not recover from the shock of it, the feeling that what was happening to my body was a perversion.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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Even though the so-called soiling was infinitesimal, I could not recover from the shock of it, the feeling that what was happening to my body was a perversion.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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Even though the so-called soiling was infinitesimal, I could not recover from the shock of it, the feeling that what was happening to my body was a perversion.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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The "soiling" paint consists of very thin glue, called size, mixed with lampblack; on an emergency a raw potato may be cut in half, and the work to be soiled may be rubbed over with the cut surface of the potato.
On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall
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To his credit, however, it may be said, that, in the same book, he urged the system of "soiling" cattle, -- a system which even now needs its earnest expounders, and which would give full warrant for their loudest exhortation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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He could preach three times a day without "soiling" his collar.
Unwritten History 1919
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"soiling" with fireclay or using an oxidising flame; but the erratic behaviour of spelter in this respect is the greatest drawback to its use in apparatus construction.
On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall
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When the unwashed get wind of this, they'll start making a lot of noise again at their tea parties (protest rallies) and screaming at the town halls (thanks for soiling that American tradition.)
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We now know the Bush II Administration were fairly soiling themselves with fear.
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The criticism is so ridiculous short of saying “President Obama should be personally strip searching anyone boarding a plane” and even the lardest, imbOcile trolls hiding behind a broom are soiling themselves because the muslins are coming to get them.
Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’ 2010
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