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subsoil


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subsoil  \Sub"soil`\,  v.  t. 
  To  turn  up  the  subsoil  of 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subsoil  \Sub"soil`\,  n. 
  The  bed,  or  stratum,  of  earth  which  lies  immediately  beneath 
  the  surface  soil. 
 
  {Subsoil  plow},  a  plow  having  a  share  and  standard  but  no 
  moldboard.  It  follows  in  the  furrow  made  by  an  ordinary 
  plow,  and  loosens  the  soil  to  an  additional  depth  without 
  bringing  it  to  the  surface.  --Knight. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subsoil 
  n  :  the  layer  of  soil  between  the  topsoil  and  bedrock  [syn:  {undersoil}] 




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