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Definition of Manure
1. Noun. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
Specialized synonyms: Chicken Manure, Cow Manure, Green Manure, Horse Manure, Night Soil
2. Verb. Spread manure, as for fertilization.
Definition of Manure
1. v. t. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
2. n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.
Definition of Manure
1. Verb. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. ¹
2. Verb. To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver). ¹
3. Noun. Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manure
1. to fertilize with manure (animal excrement) [v -NURED, -NURING, -NURES]
Medical Definition of Manure
1. 1. To cultivate by manual labour; to till; hence, to develop by culture. "To whom we gave the strand for to manure." (Surrey) "Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved." (Donne) 2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. "The blood of English shall manure the ground." (Shak) Origin: Contr, from OF. Manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labour, F. Manuvker. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manure
Literary usage of Manure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"quantity of manure may rightfully take away his abare without the Intervention
of a court to make toe division. (March 16,1891) ACTION to recover damages ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Barnyard manure.— Barnyard manure contains a large supply of plant food, and when
applied to the soil not only increases its fertility but improves the ..."
3. Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness and by Daniel Hall (1912)
"Probably it would be more correct to retain dung as a name for the excreta alone,
and farmyard manure for the product that leaves the yards, ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"To apply manure to ; treat with a fertilizer or fertilizing materials or ...
An agricultural machine for spreading a layer of manure evenly over the ground. ..."
5. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"CATTLE manure. Cow or Steer manure contains considerably more water than that
from any of ... It ferments and heats slowly, and is ranked as a cold manure. ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"As experiments to determine the value of the manure obtained by the consumption
of purchased foods obviously involved the necessity of feeding animals under ..."
7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"He sold the manure business to a company in 187a ; but he had at that, time
embarked in other branches of chemical manufacture (citric and tartaric acid), ..."
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