soilure

[ soil-yer ]

noun

a stain.

Origin of soilure

1250–1300; Middle English soylure<Old French soilleure, equivalent to soill(ier) (see soil²) + -eure (<Latin -ātūra;see -ate¹, -ure)

Words Nearby soilure

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How to use soilure in a sentence

I do not recall any soilure on Gothic garments, save spectral blood-stains and the mold of graves.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction | Dorothy Scarborough
Must I dip again into the soilure and abomination of that awful time?
Marie Tarnowska | Annie Vivanti
His body hungered morbidly for the barely sampled flesh pots of the Meade bungalow, the perilous soilure of Butler's Avenue.
Mountain | Clement Wood
In another corner Sylvia spat forth the unclean blood and wiped from her lips the soilure of the kisses.
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett | Compton Mackenzie
Night, however, was kind, and spared from view much unsightly soilure.
An Ambitious Woman | Edgar Fawcett

British Dictionary definitions for soilure

soilure

/ (ˈsɔɪljə) /

nounarchaic

the act of soiling or the state of being soiled
a stain or blot

Origin of soilure

C13: from Old French soilleure, from soillier to soil ²

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