Ma*nure" (m&adot;*nūr"), 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.
Ma*nure" (m&adot;*nūr"), 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. manœuvrer. 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.
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