Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Manure"
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) 1.7 (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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