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Soilure

Soilure \Soil"ure\, n. [OF. soillure, F. souillure. See Soil to make dirty.] Stain; pollution.
--Shak.

Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it A case of silk.
--Tennyson.

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soilure

n. Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.

WordNet
soilure

n. the act of soiling something [syn: soiling, dirtying]

Usage examples of "soilure".

On Saturday ladies are wont to wash the head, and rid their persons of whatever of dust or other soilure they may have gathered by the labours of the past week.