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Definition of Night soil
1. Noun. Human excreta used as fertilizer.
Definition of Night soil
1. Noun. (archaic euphemistic) Human faeces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Soil
Literary usage of Night soil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry by Frank Humphreys Storer (1897)
"Real Danger of Night-soil. It was thought formerly that various chemical substances
prejudicial to health are liable to be produced by the decay of human ..."
2. Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse by Rudolph Hering, Samuel Arnold Greeley (1921)
"It is very seldom that the actual quantity of night-soil is recorded. ...
The house treatment of night- soil and dead animals has been discussed in Chapter ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1914)
"night soil. night soil is concentrated sewage and contains much less moisture
than what we commonly recognize as sewage. It resembles more nearly the sludge ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1875)
"REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER .OF AGRICULTURE. Speaking of the value of night-soil
as a fertilizer, Mr. Clift said : I have been in the habit ..."
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