GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Manure , 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.]
   To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]
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   To whom we gave the strand for to manure.
   Surrey.
   
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   Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
   And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
   Donne.
   
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   To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.
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   The blood of English shall manure the ground.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
   Dryden.
   
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