soil pipe

Noun
Synonyms: soil pipe

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.Synonyms: soil pipe
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Soil \Soil\, n. [OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the foot.]

1.The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them. [1913 Webster]

2.Land; country. [1913 Webster]

Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil?— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil. [1913 Webster]

Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.— Mortimer.[1913 Webster]

Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. [1913 Webster]

Soil pipe \Soil pipe\ A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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