manuring

Variant of manure

manure definition

ma·nure (mə no̵or′, -nyo̵or′)

transitive verb manured -·nured′, manuring -·nur′·ing

to put manure on or into (soil)

Etymology: ME manouren, orig., to farm (land) < Anglo-Fr maynoberer < OFr manouvrer, to cultivate, lit., to work with the hands: see maneuver

noun

animal excrement or other substance put on or into the soil to fertilize it

Etymology: < manurethe

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