Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dung"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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["a]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)
Dung \Dung\, n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d["u]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)
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)
Dung \Dung\, v. i.
To void excrement. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dung
n : fecal matter of animals [syn: {droppings}, {muck}]
v 1: fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"
2: defecate, used of an animal
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