take soil

Language: en

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic)To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.1614November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e.,Ben Jonson],Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie,[…], London:[…]I[ohn]B[eale]forRobert Allot,[…], published1631,→OCLC,(please specify the page):O, sir, have youtaken soilhere? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.1891, Robert Weir, James Moray Brown,Riding, page192:[…]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 instantlytook soilin very deep water, with the pack clustering round him.

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