manure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: manure	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 Synonym(s): manure, muck
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manure \Manure"\, 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.