rare. [f. SOILY a.1] The state or condition of being soiled; soiled or dirty matter.
a. 1626. Bacon, Physiol. Rem., in Baconiana (1670), 98. To make proof of the Incorporation of Silver and Tin,… and to observe … whether it yield no soiliness more than Silver?
1650. Fuller, Pisgah, II. IV. iv. 69–70. Whether the Priests … made use thereof [sc. a Laver] to discover all soiliness in them before they washed.
