Meanings
noun
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of soil.
But if that countrey of Ireland, whence you lately came, he of so goodly and commodious a soyl
1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC1 more example
the manurement of Wits is like that of Soyls, where before either the pains of Tilling, or the charge of Sowing, Men uſe to consider what the mould will bear, Heath or Grain.
1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with soyl
oilsoilcoilfoilboilboylespoilHoylerecoiltoilbroilvoilefoylemoelroildespoilmoilembroilnoilaboilassoilCape Broylechoildisembroil
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APA
soyl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyl
MLA
“soyl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyl. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soyl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyl.
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