take soil

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

take soil (third-person singular simple present takes soil, present participle taking soil, simple past took soil, past participle taken soil)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.
    • 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, [], London: [] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, [], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.
    • 1891, Robert Weir, James Moray Brown, Riding, page 192:
      [] finding that he could not shake off the hounds, turned to the left towards the Saltwater River, and rushing down a precipitous and stony approach to the river, he instantly took soil in very deep water, with the pack clustering round him.

Anagrams

[edit]