MANURE
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Ma*nure" (m&adot_;*n&ū;r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured (m&adot_;*n&ū;rd"); 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.]
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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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2. 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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ma*nure" (m&adot_;*n&ū;r"), 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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