Meaning of take soil | Babel Free

Definitions

To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

“O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.”

“[…] 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.”

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