| slovo | definícia |
soil pipe
(encz) | soil pipe, n: |
Soil pipe
(gcide) | Soil \Soil\, n. [OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil;
but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a
miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the
foot.]
1. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound
substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is
particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
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2. Land; country.
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Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave
Thee, native soil? --Milton.
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3. Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
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Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.
--Mortimer.
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Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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Soil pipe
(gcide) | Soil pipe \Soil pipe\
A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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soil pipe
(wn) | soil pipe
n 1: drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc. |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Soil pipe
(gcide) | Soil \Soil\, n. [OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil;
but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a
miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the
foot.]
1. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound
substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is
particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
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2. Land; country.
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Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave
Thee, native soil? --Milton.
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3. Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
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Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.
--Mortimer.
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Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
[1913 Webster]Soil pipe \Soil pipe\
A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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