Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manuring"
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)
Manuring \Ma*nur"ing\, n.
The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure
applied.
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