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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dung \Dung\, n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d[81]nger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. {Dingy}.] The excrement of an animal. --Bacon. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dung \Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunging}.] 1. To manure with dung. --Dryden. 2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dung \Dung\, v. i. To void excrement. --Swift. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Dung (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer. 8:2; Ps. 18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable. (2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. 4:12-15), where cows' and camels' dung is used to the present day for this purpose. | |
