honor vs soil

honor

verb
  • to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone) 

  • to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of 

  • to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.) 

  • to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like) 

noun
  • a privilege 

  • recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) 

  • a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen 

  • the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point) 

  • the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity 

  • (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank 

  • a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. 

  • a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended 

  • the privilege of going first 

  • In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. 

  • the right to play one's ball before one's opponent. 

soil

verb
  • To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. 

  • To make invalid, to ruin. 

  • 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 (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food. 

  • To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. 

  • To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed. 

  • To make dirty. 

  • To become dirty or soiled. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • Dung; compost; manure. 

  • 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. 

  • That which soils or pollutes; a stain. 

  • A bag containing soiled items. 

  • Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. 

  • A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. 

  • A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. 

  • 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. 

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