To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. from 14th c.
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. from 14th c.
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). from 14th c.
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. 14th-19th c.
To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. from 16th c.
To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. from 17th c.
Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. from 17th c.
To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. from 19th c.
To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an dredging. Tailings.
A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
Country or territory.
That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Dung; compost; manure.
Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
A bag containing soiled items.
A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
To make dirty.
To become dirty or soiled.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
To make invalid, to ruin.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
