ˈsoilage
Also 6–7 soylage.
[f. soil n.3 or v.1 + -age.]
† 1. ? A charge or toll for depositing filth or refuse. Obs.
| 1593 Norden Spec. Brit., Cornw. (1728) 98 Salt-ashe,..a pretye market towne... It hath anchorage and soylage of all straunger ships, and the profit of a passage betwene it and Deuon. [Hence in later topographical works.] |
† 2. Rubbish, dirt, filth; manure. Obs.
| 1598 Stow Surv. iii. (1603) 14 Casting of soylage into the streame. 1631 Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 379 Moorish ground; in short space raised, by soilage of the Citie vpon them. 1658 tr. Porta's Nat. Magic iii. xiv. 93 Apply the Pomegranate-tree roots with this kind of soilage or dunging. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. Dedekindus' Grobianus 49 Your proper Steps from Mire obscene defend; And leave the Dirt and Soilage to your Friend. 1758 Binnell Descr. Thames 166 Where the common Rakers of the City use to repose and lay all their Soilage. |
3. The act or process of soiling; the condition of being soiled. U.S. rare.
| 1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1679/2 One of the practical problems of retail bookselling is the depreciation of stock due to soilage. |