manure
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
manure
n 1: any animal or plant material used to fertilize land
especially animal excreta usually with litter material
v 1: spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: {manure}, {muck}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Manure \Ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manured}
(m[.a]*n[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Manuring}.] [Contr, from
OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate
by manual labor, F. man[oe]uvrer. See {Manual}, {Ure},
{Opera}, and cf. {Inure}.]
1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop
by culture. [Obs.]
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To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey.
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Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
--Donne.
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2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application
of a fertilizing substance.
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The blood of English shall manure the ground.
--Shak.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MANURE, Dung. When collected in a heap, it is considered as personal
property, but, when spread, it becomes a part of the land and acquires the
character of real estate. Alleyn, 31; 2 Ired. R. 326.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "manure":
BM, ammonia, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca,
castor-bean meal, commercial fertilizer, compost, coprolite,
coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, defecation,
dingleberry, dressing, droppings, dung, enrichener, feces,
feculence, fertilizer, guano, jakes, movement, muck, night soil,
nitrate, nitrogen, ordure, organic fertilizer, phosphate, sewage,
sewerage, shit, stool, superphosphate, turd
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