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manure |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manure \Ma*nure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manured}; p. pr & vb n. {Manuring}.] [Contr, from OF manuvrer, manovrer to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man?uvker. See {Manual}, {Ure}, {Opera}, and cf {Inure}.] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence to develop by culture. [Obs.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manure \Ma*nure"\, n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: manure n : any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material v : spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: {muck}]
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