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noun

manure n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. Especially,, Dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

verb

Manure v. t. (past & past part. manured; pres. part. manuring)

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. (Obs.) "To whom we gave the strand for to manure." "Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved."

To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. "The blood of English shall manure the ground."

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"Manure" Quotes from Famous Books

... France. The Breton villages are composed of mere hovels, where pigs, cows, and poultry live in close proximity to their owners, a dung-hill stands before every front door, and, to get indoors and out, you have always to cross a pool of liquid manure. Here order and cleanliness prevail, with a diffusion of well-being, hardly, I should say, to be matched ...

— Holidays in Eastern France • Matilda Betham-Edwards

... Maria sniffed, as she shook her chips down into her apron. "When Marse Jarvis stick er black scarecrow lak yo' in de front part de house he shore will be out his senses. He gwine ter mek yo' haul manure wid er dump-cart, ...

— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben

... ought to have much the same preparation as an apple orchard. A practical way would be to plow deeply and harrow well in summer and sow a cover crop like rye and vetch or clover. The more stable manure, or other fertilizer, applied ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... subjects, and a subject speaks, Stirr'd up by God, thus boldly for his king. My Lord of Hereford here, whom you call king, Is a foul traitor to proud Hereford's king; And if you crown him, let me prophesy, The blood of English shall manure the ground And future ages groan for this foul act; Peace shall go sleep with Turks and infidels, And in this seat of peace tumultuous wars Shall kin with kin and kind with kind confound; Disorder, horror, fear, and mutiny, Shall here inhabit, and this land be call'd The field of Golgotha and ...

— The Tragedy of King Richard II • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]

... the winter 6 Carriage of disease by the house fly 6 Excluding and capturing flies 7 The use of screens 7 Fly papers and poisons 8 Fly sprays 8 Flytraps 9 Preventing the breeding of flies 9 Construction and care of stables 9 Fly-tight manure pits 10 Frequency with which manure should be removed in cities and towns 10 Health office regulations for control of house flies in cities 10 Disposal of manure in rural and suburban districts 11 Chemical treatment ...

— The House Fly and How to Suppress It - U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 • L. O. Howard and F. C. Bishopp

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