Forms: 3 suiled, 6–7 soyled, 7 soild, 6– soiled. [f. SOIL v.1] Defiled; stained, dirtied. Also fig.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 158. Ich am a man mid suilede lippen.
1530. Palsgr., 324/2. Soyled, ord.
1588. Kyd, Househ. Phil., Wks. (1901), 272. In the Kitchin, or other soyled places which may spoile or ray her garments.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 41. Vpon the soiled gras The dead corse of an armed knight was spred.
1671. Milton, Samson, 123. In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds O’re worn and soild.
1693. Dryden, etc. Juvenal, xv. (1697), 373. One … Licks the soild Earth,… While reeking with a mangled Ombite’s Blood.
1815. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 425. It may be conveniently used for whitening soiled books and prints.
1883. ‘Annie Thomas,’ Mod. Housewife, 22. That cracked mirror, spoiled carpet, and soiled sofa.
Comb. 1905. M. Barnes-Grundy, Vacill. Hazel, 59. A soiled-looking man turned the corner of the lane.
